Drill rapper DSavv finally arrested ‘after smuggling himself to France on lorry’
A drill rapper and armed robber on the run from prison for weeks has finally been arrested.
Daniel Boakye, 21, who also goes by the rap name DSAVV, fled police for a second time on February 15.
Met police have confirmed he was arrested after a tip he was in France.
A spokesman said: ‘A man who absconded from Lewisham Hospital has been detained in France.
‘At around 20:18hrs (local time) on Monday, 2 March, Daniel Boakye was arrested in La Bouëxière, France on suspicion of escaping lawful custody.
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‘His arrest follows a joint operation by officers from the Met, National Crime Agency and French law enforcement partners.
‘It is believed Boakye, aged 21, was smuggled out of the country in a lorry after he absconded while in police custody on Sunday, 15 February.’
‘Arrangements are now underway to return him to custody in the UK.
‘Enquiries are ongoing to identify those who may have assisted Boakye to evade capture.’
In a video posted on social media, a young man claiming to be the rapper was again mocking police who have failed to locate.
Sitting in a chair in a dark room, the attention seeker brags: ‘I’m that guy I’m the boss of the UK.
‘Done it twice now they think I’m insane.
‘On my side we’ve got guns from Ukraine. Catch me if you can, I’m in a Wray on the way to the plane.’
‘I’m a magician like poof out of space.’
While police will probably be frustrated at the video, hip-hop fans were less impressed.
One commented: ‘He would be the biggest legend in UK Rap history if he could rap well’.
On Wednesday, he posted a video with an article on Boakye’s escape from prison was displayed on a TV in the background while the young man rapped.
‘I just broke out of jail like Modie, f*** the government fam they’re phoneys,’ he said.
‘Prison break, s*** fam – f*** these police. On the roads, I’m a legend like Toby, but I can’t go wrong like Kobe.’
Boakye is understood to have links to London gang OFB – Original Farm Boys – based on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham.
He is known for his lyrics boasting of committing knife crimes, in one rap he says: ‘Man plug that shank in his socket. You should’ve saw the way he ran, that muppet.
‘Still caught him and I chinged that muppet. Crime scene juice got spilled like bucket.’
When he was in prison he had lots of fans calling for his release.
Between June 2021 and January 2022, Boakye and three other teenagers participated in a spree of robberies and attempted robberies across London, Essex Live reports.
Armed with knives, they forced victims to hand over their mobile phones and provide passcodes to unlock them.
The group then transferred victims’ cryptocurrency into ‘hot wallets’, stealing more than £115,000 in total.
They also used stored bank details to buy top-up cards, pay for taxi fares and complete other fraudulent transactions.
The gang were only caught after detectives identified their home addresses from takeaway orders they paid for using stolen bank details.
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