A canoeist who went missing for five years before reappearing at the weekend has been taken to a police station in the North East for questioning.
John Darwin - arrested by Cleveland Police on suspicion of fraud - is being held at Kirkleatham police station.
The 57-year-old was believed dead after going missing while canoeing off the coast of Hartlepool in March 2002, but handed himself into police on Saturday.
It emerged officers began investigating his reappearance three months ago.
Mr Darwin's canoe was found in pieces the day after his disappearance, leading to the assumption he had drowned.
But he walked into a police station in London on Saturday and told officers: "I think I am a missing person."
He claimed he could remember nothing since 2000.
He was reunited with his sons and arrested by police at the home of one of them in Hampshire late on Tuesday before being driven to the North East.
Mr Darwin covered his head with a newspaper as he arrived at the police station, flanked by two officers just before 2330 GMT on Wednesday night.
Police revealed earlier in the day that new information had caused them to reopen the case in September.
The detective leading the case also said they may be questioning Mr Darwin's wife Anne, who emigrated to Panama six weeks ago.
(BBC)
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