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Family on vacation find 115,000 euros, hand it over to police

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TIRANA, Sept. 27 – An Albanian family on vacation at the Llogara National Park found a bag with 115,000 euros in cash and turned it to police, the Albanian State Police said on its website.

Police was able to connect the cash to two Ukrainian visitors who have been charged with failing to declare the massive amount of cash to the customs when they came into the country.

The bag was left in area where adventure tourists jump with parachutes from the mountain down to the shoreline of the riviera below.

The two Ukrainians have been identified only as S.M., 62, and P.K., 57.

Police publically thanked the Albanian tourists for the honesty of turning the cash to police.

 

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