Detention centre escapee with violent history captured

Albanian man Leonard Gjeka, 32, escaped from the Maribyrnong detention centre with New Zealand man Michael Dobson, 51, last week. Gjeka was waiting to be deported to Albania.

Dobson was found by police on Monday, but his fellow escapee remained on the run.

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 jeka and Dobson were reportedly met by two people outside the detention centre on November 12, who used bolt cutters to free the pair, before the escapees fled on waiting motorbikes.

Police warned the public that Gjeka had a violent history and links to outlaw motorcycle gangs. He reportedly survived two assassination attempts in South Australia in 2010.

Police spokeswoman Senior Constable Julie-Anne Newman said Gjeka was arrested in Melbourne "without incident" by detectives from the Fugitive Taskforce.

He is due to face Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Thursday afternoon.