Convict escapes by getting in a box and mailing himself out of jail

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Inmate escapes German jail in box
A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail.

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The 42-year-old Turkish citizen - who was serving a seven-year sentence - had been making stationery with other prisoners destined for the shops.
At the end of his shift, the inmate climbed into a cardboard box and was taken out of prison by express courier. His whereabouts are still unknown.
The chief warden of the jail told the BBC this was an embarrassing incident.

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@Robert Gentel,

That was VERY clever of him.

Who paid for the postage ?

David

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Maybe OTHER denizens of Turkey
will mail themselves to freedom;
but will thay be in time for Thanksgiving ?

David

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@Robert Gentel,

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The chief warden of the jail told the BBC this was an embarrassing incident.

Now there's an understatement!!!

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@Robert Gentel,

http://www.recover-from-grief.com/images/foot-in-mouth2.jpg

Chief warden Beate Peters said, "Oopsies, I guess no Christmas bonus for me this year!", after inmate escaped in box.

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@Robert Gentel,

in germany , convicts "mail themselves" out of jail , in canada they fatten themselves so they won't fit into the jail cell <GRIN> .

http://able2know.org/topic/125602-1

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@hamburger,

So, do they know who's coming or going?

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@Robert Gentel,

There's the famous true tale of Henry “Box” Brown, a Virginia slave who escaped by having himself mailed to freedom in a crate. He had the help of an abolitionist doctor living in Philadelphia.

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I got to explore a "patent cell" in Silverton, Co, circa 1890. Anybody escapes from jail or prison, it's human error.

Convict escapes by getting in a box and mailing himself out of jail

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