During a routine check in Surhuisterveen, officers found an almost empty vehicle last summer. Later it turned out that the driver without residence had, among other things, a prison term.
The police only came across a pair of clogs. He had left the fugitive man behind in order to quickly flee in socks.
On Thursday morning, the man was lifted from bed and arrested in the municipality of Westerkwartier. The police promise to deliver the clogs to his cell door soon.