Boy finds Y15 mil in cash floating in Saitama

Boy finds Y15 mil in cash floating in Saitama irrigation ditch

Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 07:14 JST
SAITAMA — A 13-year-old boy found about 15 million yen in cash floating in an irrigation ditch in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday, police said.

The boy, who was training with a junior baseball team, found the cache, consisting mostly of 10,000 yen bills, at around 10:30 a.m. and police officers later collected it, they said. If the owner of the money is not found, it will go to the representative of the baseball team in six months in accordance with the law, said an officer at Iwatsuki Police Station. (Kyodo News)

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RedCream makes a good point. While it is nice and of being a good samaritan, to turn in money you've found to the authorities, you more likely get punished for your good actions than not. I'm not saying it's right, however a person who does not do criminal activities stumbles upon a brown paper bag full of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, I believe he earns it more than the sleazy scumbag who made all of it dealing cocaine or something.

You can't tell me that you don't agree at least partially with my sentiment.