Op shopper bags a valuable bonus
Megan Levy
June 21, 2011
The small zip-up bag was filled with precious jewellery. Photo: Victoria Police
A shopper who paid a few dollars for a second-hand bag at an opportunity shop on the Mornington Peninsula was stunned to find a stash of valuable jewellery inside.
Police are now appealing for the owner of the pink zip-up bag — which was donated to the Rosebud Opportunity Shop early this year — to come forward and claim it.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said a woman bought the bag from the Point Nepean Road shop on March 19, and later discovered the jewellery stash inside.
The collection includes many gold rings, a gold chain bracelet, watches, earrings and necklaces, and several of the items are believed to be valuable antiques.
The woman handed the bag in at Rosebud Police Station, and police are now appealing for the owner to come forward.
They will have to provide a description of the contents of the bag.
Anyone with information has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppers.com.au.
4 comments:
Wow I wish they were mine.Least if no one claims she will get them to keep.
Great to see there are still some honest people out there :)
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Whoever the owner is, she is bloody lucky that the opshop people were honest and the buyer is honest. I've heard of this kind of thing happening before, where bags and pockets aren't checked by opshop staff, and a buyer discovers a stash of money or whatever!
I found a $10 note in a jacket pocket I was trying on in the op shop recently... the jacket was a bargain (winter Giorgano jacket for $10) and when I returned the money to the staff member at the check out she then told me that once someone donated a little stool to them and when they opened it they found a good few thousand dollars in it!! Must have been some poor old ladies life savings stash or something....
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