POLICE found a backpack with 25 thousand euros in the grounds of the festival Paredes de Coura – Observer

POLICE found a backpack with 25 thousand euros in cash at the venue of the festival Vodafone Paredes de Coura, which was held between 17 and 20 August. The money was deposited during the last month and a half until you located the owner. It was a hawker Spanish who explored roulote at the summer festival.

According to the POLICE, since it is usual that the patrol of the GNR pass the terrain of the festival the fine comb when festival-goers are to leave the premises. It is common to find portfolios "without money" lost, identification documents, and, to, mobile phones, explains to the Observer the spokesman of the Command of the GNR of Viana of the Castle, lieutenant-colonel Borlido of the Rock. But this year, 2016, the discovery was unprecedented: a backpack forgotten you had in your interior to 25 thousand euros in cash and several passwords bifanas and drinks.

The patrol gathered up the backpack, took it to the post office, counted the money and was released an entry in the platform lost and found. The money was deposited and waited that someone should shew the loss, which was not the case. It was at this point that the Core of Criminal Investigation began investigating to do the survey of the caravans that had been in that location. Everything indicated that it would be a seller, " said the official from the GNR to the Observer.

The military have identified a seller Spanish as a possible owner, but the Guardia Civil would indicate another merchant as having submitted the complaint to the local authorities for the loss of the backpack. The description that the man has made it out of the bag and what was inside was fundamental to ensure that he would be the owner. "There were details that were not disclosed precisely to make sure," said the military.

The trader rose Thursday your backpack and your money on the GNR tour in Paredes de Coura. Why only now the discovery has been disclosed. If you never had been found the owner, the money would be for the State and the backpack sold at auction.