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Austrian police stumped after €100,000 in cash found floating down Danube Austrian police stumped after €100,000 in cash found floating down Danube
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Mystified police in Austria are trying to find out how more than €100,000 in €100 and €500 notes came to be floating down an arm of the River Danube. Mystified police in Austria are trying to find out how more than €100,000 (£72,000) in €100 and €500 notes came to be floating down an arm of the river Danube.
Investigations have so far found no criminal activity in the area in which such a sum had been lost, a spokesman for Vienna police said.Investigations have so far found no criminal activity in the area in which such a sum had been lost, a spokesman for Vienna police said.
One young man who spotted the treasure on Saturday jumped in to the river to retrieve it, Oesterreich newspaper said. One young man who spotted the treasure on Saturday jumped into the river to retrieve it, Oesterreich newspaper said.
Bystanders, thinking he was attempting to kill himself, alerted police, who arrived just as he was retrieving the money, of which is now trying to claim a share.Bystanders, thinking he was attempting to kill himself, alerted police, who arrived just as he was retrieving the money, of which is now trying to claim a share.
“The boy said he wanted to bring it to the police, but the question is whether the police found it or the boy,” the police spokesman said.“The boy said he wanted to bring it to the police, but the question is whether the police found it or the boy,” the police spokesman said.
In Austria, anyone who finds cash and brings it to the police can claim 5%-10% of the sum and has the right to receive the whole amount if its rightful owner cannot be identified within a year.In Austria, anyone who finds cash and brings it to the police can claim 5%-10% of the sum and has the right to receive the whole amount if its rightful owner cannot be identified within a year.