Scion of U.K.'s Third-Richest Man Flees Police

LONDON, June 18, 2008 — -- Hans Kristian Rausing, the son of Britain's third-richest man who was wanted for questioning related to an alleged hit-and-run accident, is on the run after escaping police by jumping from the bedroom window of his $10 million London home, according to the Daily Mail.

The alleged escape followed reports that a car traced to Rausing's home failed to stop after colliding with another car on the streets of London on Sunday.

Rausing and his wife, Eva, both 44, have been in the spotlight in recent months after Eva was arrested in April for allegedly trying to smuggle class A drugs, including crack cocaine and heroin, into the American Embassy in London.

According to The Times, of London, Eva Rausing was put on police bail over the drug charges.

The American Embassy would not comment because Eva, an American citizen, is protected by privacy laws. "This is a Scotland Yard issue," the embassy spokesman told ABC News.

At the time of the embassy incident, Eva Rausing told reporters that she is ashamed of her actions.

She apologized to her friends and family, saying, "I hope in due course to get back on track. I am sorry for the upset I have caused," according to the Daily Mail.

This week the Rausings were brought back into the public eye when police were alerted over a Sunday incident involving an Audi Quattro reportedly driving recklessly through London.

Scotland Yard confirmed that police received two complaints on the evening of June 15 of erratic driving and failure to stop following a collision. Police traced the vehicle in question back to the Rausings' Chelsea residence.

The Daily Mail reported that police entered the house only to find that Hans Rausing had performed a James Bond-like escape through the bedroom window.

"Officers attended an address in Chelsea to make further inquiries. The registered keeper of the vehicle was not at the address. Inquiries continue," a Scotland Yard spokesman told ABC News.

Despite claims in the Daily Mail that officers found $4,000 worth of drugs in the Chelsea residence, Scotland Yard told ABC News that there was nothing to suggest that drugs were involved.

That is "paper talk, so to say," the spokesman said to ABC News.

As the heir to Tetra Pak, the world's largest packing production company, Rausing hails from an incredibly wealthy background.

However, both Hans and Eva have struggled with drug addictions since their hippie youths. The couple reportedly met when they were in the same rehabilitation clinic in the United States.