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In 2014, Finnish Tomi Langstedt was caught in Thailand in possession of a big cargo of medication. Harsh sentences are given for drug offenses within the nation, and Långstedt most likely confronted dozens of years in jail.

So Långstedt determined to attempt to escape.

Långstedt talks about his escape try Kati Pukin writing Prisoner in Thailand within the e book.

Tomi Långstedt lastly made it again to Finland in 2020. Timo Kiiski

One try

Within the e book, Långstedt says that he met members of a Myanmar legal gang in jail. The gang in query had beforehand organized a number of jail escapes, and so Långstedt turned to them. He recruited a Dutch prisoner, who is known as Jeffrey within the e book.

The escape would happen when Långstedt and Jeffrey are coming back from the Pattaya courthouse again to jail. There’s a distance of some meters between the courthouse Cell and the jail bus, which is often solely guarded by a number of policemen.

The plan was that closely armed Myanmarese would come to the scene when the 2 are strolling to the bus and hijack them with them. Then they might journey throughout the border to Myanmar, the place Långstedt might get a faux passport and perhaps use it to get again to Finland sometime.

The plan was daring, as a result of if the try failed, the lads might die. Nonetheless, they had been able to take the danger.

– We said that it’s doable that we’ll die on this journey and by no means see our family members once more, however we are going to do that anyway, Långstedt says within the e book.

It would not be an affordable escape both. In keeping with Långstedt, he and Jeffrey paid the Myanmar gang a complete of 20,000 euros.

– Cash did not matter, freedom did.

Time to attend

The deliberate escape date was March 19, 2015. That is when Långstedt and Jeffrey had been learn the verdicts for the crimes they dedicated within the courthouse. Långstedt was sentenced to 25 and Jeffrey 45 years in jail.

After the court docket session, each males had been taken to a courthouse cell to attend for a trip again to jail.

Time was gradual within the cell, and the lads had been nervous. Lastly, within the night, the jail bus arrived, and the prisoners had been ordered to line up.

Långstedt and Jeffrey intentionally left themselves on the finish of the road resulting in the bus. The road dragged, however lastly it was the duo’s flip to step out of the courthouse doorways.

Långstedt appeared round as he walked a few meters to board the bus. Nonetheless, nothing appeared from the darkness.

The boys received on the bus and checked out one another. Each knew they’d been tricked.

Ultimately, Långstedt sat in jail in Thailand for an excellent 5 years, after which he was transferred to Finland.