BANG LAMUNG — A good Samaritan turned in a shoulder bag containing more than 62,000 baht in cash and other valuables after finding it at a New Year’s Eve countdown event in Chonburi province, police said.
The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 31 at a countdown celebration organized by the Bang Lamung Subdistrict Municipality in Bang Lamung district.
The man who found the bag was identified as Pongchai Singhphrai from Chiang Mai province. He told police he picked up the bag and found inside a wallet, a passport believed to belong to a Myanmar national, cash totaling 62,870 baht in 100- and 1,000-baht banknotes, and a set of Toyota car keys.
Pongchai said he and others at the event tried to announce the discovery to locate the owner, but no one came forward. He then decided to bring the bag and all the items to police at the Ban Rong Po checkpoint for safekeeping and to help find the rightful owner.
Police later transferred the bag and its contents to investigators at Bang Lamung police station to verify the details and track down the owner so the property can be returned properly.
