Norwegian construction workers who found a large black plastic bag full of cash during excavation work in Sandnes earlier this winter did the right thing by quickly calling the police. Now they’ve all been rewarded with finders’ fees.
Some of the cash was old and no longer legal tender in Norway, but plenty of it was. Instead of opting to take the money and run, though, the honest excavator and his colleagues alerted police, who suspected the money was tied to criminal activity.
When no one showed up to claim the cash found in January, police decided three workers at the construction site were eligible for rewards. Each has been paid NOK 10,000 (around USD 1,000).
“This is recognition from our side that they did the right thing by reporting the cash to police,” Terese Braut Våge, police inspector in Sandnes, told state broadcaster NRK on Tuesday. She added that police view it as “probable” that the money “stems from a criminal act” but not a huge heist in nearby Stavanger more than 20 years ago. Cash stolen in the so-called NOKAS robbery has never been recovered, but some of the cash found in Sandnes was not yet in circulation at that time.
NewsinEnglish.no staff
