THE joyride by remaining escapee Isoa Waqa and his girlfriend was cut short when the police captured him early yesterday.
Chief of operations ACP Rusiate Tudravu said Waqa was captured around 3am at Laqere in a taxi with his girlfriend.
"Both Mr Waqa and the taxidriver are in police custody and being interrogated," ACP Tudravu said.
He said the police were carrying out necessary investigations.
The 30-year-old Waqa was serving an eight-year sentence when he escaped from the Naboro medium facility last Monday.
Meanwhile, of the other four escapees recaptured last Friday, three are admitted in hospital and one has been released from the hospital and is in police custody.