Suspect nabbed after two months on run

An armed officer stands guard at a rural road near Oromahoe during the search for Daniel Wason.

A Northlander who spent more than two months on the run from police has been nabbed at a Bay of Islands hideout.

Daniel Donnelly Wason, 24, was being questioned on October 7 about a burglary and assault on Opua's English Bay Rd when he fled on foot into bush and rugged farmland near Oromahoe.

His escape sparked a major search by armed officers and a sniffer dog because at that stage police were unsure of the location of a shotgun taken in the burglary.

The gun was found but Wason himself avoided capture. The search was called off later that day.

Police searched addresses in Whangarei and as far away as Ohakune after tip-offs from the public.

On Thursday night Wason was found at a rural Bay of Islands property.

Sergeant Kevin Milne, of Kawakawa police, said Wason appeared in the Kaikohe District Court on Friday charged with burglary and assault.

He was remanded in custody and is due back in court on December 23.

Police were considering what action to take against the person who had helped him evade detection, Mr Milne said.