Three KZN prisoners re-arrested after escaping - but two still on the run

KwaZulu-Natal police have re-arrested three of the five prisoners who escaped from the Margate police station.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Thulani Zwane said the five awaiting-trial prisoners escaped from the cells on Sunday.

Zwane said they had been arrested for serious crimes such as murder and a string of robberies.

One man was re-arrested at Nyandezulu location in the Paddock area and two others handed themselves in at Gamalakhe police station.

Two other men are still on the run.