Police have launched a hunt for six of seven detainees under remand who escaped from Jelebu prison near Seremban, at 3pm today.

Jelebu district police chief Maslan Udin said in the operation, tracker dogs from the Negeri Sembilan contingent police headquarters' K9 Unit and the Prisons Department were also mobilised to track down the escapees.

"At 7pm today, one escapee...