Black Bags Found at Landfill... 29 Million Won in Cash Spilled Out

During the belongings整理 process, the bereaved family mistakenly threw away cash totaling 29 million won, which is planned to be returned to them.

A bundle of cash worth tens of millions of won, discarded during the process of sorting through belongings, was dramatically discovered at a landfill site.

Bundles of cash worth 29 million won found at the Sudokwon Landfill Site.
[Photo by Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corporation]

On the 1st, the Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corporation (SL Corporation) announced that around 8 a.m. that day, several hundred 50,000-won bills were found at the bottom of Block D in the 3rd landfill site of Sudokwon Landfill in Seo-gu, Incheon. A dock worker, Mr. A, who discovered the cash bundle, found two scattered 50,000-won bills on the ground while operating construction machinery during landfill work. Feeling suspicious, Mr. A looked around and found a black plastic bag containing the bundle of cash.

The cash bundle was promptly reported to the police by a resident inspector and a corporation employee supervising the unloading site, in accordance with regulations. The Geomdan Police Substation of the Incheon Western Police Station, which immediately responded, stated that the recovered cash bundle consisted of five bundles of 100 bills each of 50,000-won notes and individual scattered 50,000-won bills at the landfill, totaling 29 million won.

Based on documents found at the scene, including a comprehensive subscription savings deposit certificate, the police identified the owner of the cash bundle as a woman in her 50s, Ms. B, residing in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province. Ms. B passed away in July 2021, and it was confirmed that her family members, unaware of the black plastic bag’s existence, had discarded it during the recent process of sorting through her belongings, leading to its dramatic discovery at the landfill.

The police stated that they plan to return the recovered cash from the landfill to the bereaved family following proper procedures.

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