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1970s: One man’s story of being jailed in the notorious Bangkok Hilton
Nightmare in Bangkok
What you need to know before your trail
Andy Botts began his criminal activities as a young ‘car banger’ in his native Hawaii before graduating to drug-dealing and trafficking. After a number of successful and highly lucrative drug runs to Bangkok and Bali (though not without some chillingly close calls), Botts was betrayed by a close associate. Arrested at Bangkok’s Don Muang International Airport with 114 grams of heroin in his possession, he narrowly escaped execution by firing squad. But his reprieve – a prison sentence of life plus two years in Bangkok’s most notorious prison, dubbed the Bangkok Hilton – threw him into a nightmare world where the only rules were no rules. During his incarceration in Bangkok, Botts met prisoners from around the world, including an Australian arms dealer and several Australians convicted of smuggling drugs.
Travel Guide
Bangkok
Whilst not really a booktrail as such, this should pose as a warning of just how high the risks are when you think you can beat the system and try, Does a book like this glamourise crime and drugs? The author says not:
“This book is not intended to glamorize crime and drug abuse. The names, nicknames and character s are all real , and everthing is verifiable by court documents , government files news paper articles, witnesses and photos”
Born and raised in Hawaii, Andy began his criminal lifestyle as a professional thief. After over a decade of close-calls, escapes, crime sprees and Hawaiian prisons, he was arrested for drug-trafficking in Bangkok. This book tells of his experiences in the prison and he got used to the conditions in the prison from hell.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Nightmare in Bangkok
Destination : Bangkok Author/Guide: Andy Botts Departure Time: 1970s
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