Krebs was caught carrying 2.2kg of heroin when he attempted to leave the airport in Thailand.
A former drug mule who was sentenced to 100 years in a Thailand jail was the guest speaker at the Pages and Wine evening at Nkanga Lodge, Bredell in Gauteng’s East Rand on March 14,In 1994, at the age of 34, Shani Today, Krebs is a motivational speaker, artist, and author. He was initially sentenced to death but after pleading guilty to drug trafficking, the conviction was converted to 100 years imprisonment.
Pages and Wine guests were initiated into his enthralling ordeal through a video clip showing the conditions in the Bang Kwang Central Prison where Krebs was jailed.“By 1993, I was a freebase cocaine addict, I was getting regularly seizures and my family gave me an ultimatum – either I stop using drugs or I leave.
“They even offered to take me on holiday but I decided to go to Thailand after my drug dealer spoke to me about smuggling drugs.He explained when he arrived in Bangkok it had an “evil undertone” and he became extremely paranoid, feeling he was being watched all the time.Bang Kwang Central Prison, he explained, was only meant to house 4,000 inmates but 7,000 were incarcerated there at the time.He had stopped using drugs by 1995 and turned to art as a way to escape his reality in prison.
Krebs sent letters to his sister, the content of which he knew would be the basis of a book he wanted to write about his experiences in prison.took Krebs a year to write after he was released and is an autobiography which details his 18 years in jail. He also later started presenting talks at school and rehab centres to warn people against the use of drugs and their negative impact.The evening ended with exciting giveaways of prizes including wine, accommodation, a diamond necklace, a Benoni City Times advertising package and a Get it East Rand advertising package, both sponsored by Caxton Local Media.
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