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German Inmate Mails Himself Free

Warden unsurprised by crazy escape, calls for more guards

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 15, 2008 1:03 PM CST

(Newser) – German police are on a manhunt for a convicted drug dealer who escaped from prison by mailing himself in a cardboard box, the BBC reports. The 42-year-old man crawled into the box after a long shift of making stationery. An unwitting express courier then loaded... Read full story »

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