A 61-year-old stall owner in Tampines did not hesitate to go to the police after finding $2,000 in cash on Friday (May 6).
According to Shin Min Daily News, Mr Huang Yong Cai found a dark-coloured pouch when he opened his stall in the morning at 6am at Block 478 Street 44 in Tampines.
When Mr Huang’s maid opened the pouch, the pair discovered that it contained a pile of $50 notes.
He said: “We counted the amount and there were 40 pieces of $50 notes, which is a total of $2,000. We also found a red packet containing a few hundred dollars and a small purse with some money.”
Mr Huang said that since the amount of money in the pouch wasn’t small, he didn’t want to leave it in the original spot where it was found. Instead, he brought it to the nearest police station at about 10am that morning.
“I was afraid that the owner of the pouch had an urgent use for the money in it and I let the police handle the matter,” he said in the report.
Inside the pouch, Mr Huang said that there was also an NRIC and other cards, Shin Min Daily News reported.
From the NRIC, it was established that the owner of the pouch was a regular customer of a nearby coffee shop at Street 45 whom Mr Huang recognised.
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