A convict in a West German jail has sparked a major manhunt after he escaped the institution in a cardboard box. The 42 year old man, who was serving a seven year sentence for drug dealing, had been making stationery with other inmates, which were destined for German shops.
It is thought that at the end of the shift, the man climbed into a cardboard box, before being picked up by a courier. Once the courier had left the prison grounds, the inmate cut a hole in the Lorries tarpaulin and made a run for it. The courier driver alerted the authorities when he noticed the tarpaulin flapping in the wind.
The whereabouts of the inmate are still unknown, but the prisons warden, Beate Peters has stated that the man must have had accomplices outside of the prison. She said “As soon as the prisoner jumped off the back of the lorry his friends would have picked him up.”
Ms Peters when on to say, “We have no idea where the fugitive is hiding. We assume that he is still in the county and is lying low before making his move.”
Security at the prison in Willich, near Düsseldorf has been stepped up since the escape.
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