{"id":158485,"date":"2025-09-21T04:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T04:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/158485\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T04:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T04:32:07","slug":"man-wanted-on-canada-wide-warrant-in-connection-with-alkhalil-jailbreak-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/158485\/","title":{"rendered":"Man wanted on Canada-wide warrant in connection with Alkhalil jailbreak arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the men accused of helping gangland killer Rabih Alkhalil break out of a B.C. jail has been arrested, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC) says.<\/p>\n<p>A Canada-wide warrant was issued for John Potvin \u2014 who has been charged with conspiracy to commit prison breach and prison breach \u2014 on Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old was one of three men who were charged for their alleged roles in helping Alkhalil escape the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam, B.C., in July 2022. Edward Ayoub and Ryan Van Gool were also charged and are already in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Alkhalil remains on the loose.<\/p>\n<p>Potvin, who is from Ottawa, was captured Sept. 19 in Spain after Canadian law enforcement agencies put out a \u2018Red Notice,\u2019 Cpl. Sarbjit Sangha says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce a Red Notice is active, all of our partners that work with Canada will get that that notice. So if this individual was trying to board a plane or anywhere in the airport where his identity would be checked, those Red Notices do come up,\u201d Sangha said.<\/p>\n<p>The CFSEU-BC is working with the RCMP to have Potvin returned to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>A cash reward has been issued for information leading to Alkhalil\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"839\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/14b6892d3b072bc7c13f3c231a94cabcafc0f9cdbbd3afac5cd786b570cbb8f4-839x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Rabih Alkhalil pictured on a security camera in this undated photo. Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers says it has teamed up with a national program to offer up to a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Rabih Alkhalil, who broke out of a Port Coquitlam, B.C. prison in 2022.\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Rabih Alkhalil pictured on a security camera in this undated photo. Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers says it has teamed up with a national program to offer up to a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Rabih Alkhalil, who broke out of a Port Coquitlam, B.C. prison in 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/HO BOLO Program **Mandatory Credit** <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3721527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BOLO-wanted-RCMP-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A wanted poster for Rabih Alkhalil, who is number one on the top 25 list of most wanted fugitives in Canada.\" class=\"wp-image-3721527\"  \/>A $250,000 reward has been announced for information leading to the arrest of Rabih Alkhalil, who tops the list of most wanted fugitives in Canada, the Bolo Program announced Tuesday. (CityNews Image)<\/p>\n<p>With files from The Canadian Press, Maria Vinca, and Jan Schuermann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the men accused of helping gangland killer Rabih Alkhalil break out of a B.C. jail has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-158485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}