Metal boxes containing nearly $2 million in banknotes fell from an armored cash vehicle in Hong Kong today.Missions, the door of which was accidentally opened causing a frenzy on the street with passers-by and car drivers rushing to take advantage of this unforeseen event.
Traffic was paralyzed on Gloucester Street in central Hong Kong as taxi drivers got out of their vehicles to pick up some of the hundreds of banknotes scattered on this busy street.
In images transmitted by TV passers-by are depicted greedily rushing in and becoming one with the crowd that has already gathered at the spot on Christmas Eve.
Police officers, some armed, wearing helmets and bulletproof vests, were deployed to the scene to block the region.
In total, more than 15,23 million dollars Hong Kong (1,96 million dollars) scattered on the street and on the sidewalk, according to the police.
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It is, however, impossible to calculate the amount the police managed to collect and what the passers-by and drivers of the passing vehicles collected.
"Every citizen who finds these banknotes has to deliver them to the police as soon as possible, otherwise they will be theft," the police warned in a press release.
According to police director Wan Siu-chung, the van driver completed his 30 minute journey without realizing that the rear door of the vehicle was open and that boxes containing money were falling on the road.
It was only when the vehicle reached its destination that they "discovered that the door had been opened," Wan explained to the press. He clarified that the police have started research based on the serial numbers of the banknotes.
According to experts interviewed by the media, if someone keeps the notes, this act is considered theft and imprisons up to 10 years.
Source: RES-EAP
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