Police have located a man who absconded from a mental health facility and was thought to be sleeping rough in north west London.
Vasile Coceban, 36 - said to have posed a risk to the public - had been reported missing by staff at the Park Royal Centre in Acton Lane, Brent, at around 10.30am on Wednesday.
Metropolitan Police officers released images showing Coceban on the morning he vanished wearing a purple camouflage hooded top, grey tracksuit bottoms and light-coloured trainers.
But on Thursday night, a force spokesman said: “Earlier this evening we appealed for help to find Vasile Coceban who had absconded from a mental health facility in Brent.
“He has now been located by officers and is in custody.”
Enquiries suggest Coceban had bought a large rucksack and new clothing.
At around 4.20pm on Wednesday, Coceban was in a shop in Kilburn High Road wearing a grey tracksuit top and a red T-shirt, carrying the black bag purchased earlier.
While officers believed at the time it likely he was still in north west London, in particular Brent, an investigation suggested that since he went missing he travelled to Hyde Park in Westminster and back again, using the train network.
Coceban is white, 5 ft 4 inches tall, of average build with brown hair.
