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2.7 million yen in cash found floating down a river in Tokyo.

By Excellent in Everything Else on Mar 28, 2007 at 12:52 pm


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Police used fishing nets and their hands Wednesday to scoop up 2.7 million yen (US$23,000; €17,230) in mysterious cash floating down a Japanese river, an official said.

A passer-by notified police after seeing the bank notes drifting down the Sakai River on the border between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefecture, a Tokyo police official said on condition of anonymity, citing protocol.

Police managed to catch 270 soggy 10,000-yen (US$85; €64) bills, Japan’s biggest denomination, the official said.

Police are still investigating how and why the money was dumped.

As seen on Japan Probe.


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  1. Yudonomi
    Mar 29th, 2007 at 1:47 am

    I heard it was Dibi Kuupaa.

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