The Northern Territory Police Force have arrested a man for escaping custody earlier today from the Alice Springs Hospital.
Around 12pm, general duty police officers were guarding a 20-year-old man at the Alice Springs Hospital.
The prisoner was escorted to the toilet cubicle where he accessed the roof cavity before falling through the ceiling and then running onto Gap Road.
The prisoner was quickly re-arrested by police and is expected to be charged with escape custody offences later today.
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