Value Village employees in Vancouver are being lauded for helping get a large cash discovery back into the hands of its rightful owner.
Staff in East Vancouver stumbled upon envelopes, stocked full of weathered bills in a donation bag this month. The cash totalled about $85,000.
Police were able to locate the rightful owner B次元官网网址 a woman now living in a long-term care home B次元官网网址 from her name listed on an old bank receipt amongst the money, Vancouver police Const. Tania Visintin told Black Press Media.
The woman, who police are not identifying, had long forgotten her secret stockpile she started collecting 25 years prior.
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Her family had cleaned out one of her old storage lockers and decided to donate items to the local thrift store, unaware of just how valuable the items were.
Visintin said the family B次元官网网址渋s in the process of determining power of attorneyB次元官网网址 to handle the found funds.
B次元官网网址淭he cash will be returned to the family once that is sorted out.B次元官网网址
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