Why are we never in the right place at the right time? Christmas came early for some Hongkongers today who bagged themselves literally armfuls of cash when a money escort van spilled its load on a dual carriageway.
According to witnesses, some motorists and passersby got away with still-wrapped bundles of notes, while others scrambled for single HKD500 notes strewn across Gloucester Road in Wan Chai like snowflakes.
“I saw a lady with 10 of them [bundles of cash], easily”, one witness told SCMP. “She looked like a very regular Hong Kong lady. She had an armful of bricks of cash – it was a much as she could carry. She just disappeared into the depths of Wan Chai.”
Police guarding stacks of cash… when they finally arrive
Another recalled, “You couldn’t make it up.There were 20 or 30 people picking up cash from the road on Christmas Eve. They looked like school kids who knew they were being naughty, but thought, ‘this is a once in a lifetime thing’. Everyone had the same look on their face.”
But the fun was soon over, with armed police arriving on the scene shortly after they received phone calls from do-gooder dobbers at about 1:50pm.
Both lanes of Gloucester Road were cordoned off while officers guarded stacks of money-packed containers in the middle of the road.
Fun’s over people. Nothing to see here.
There is no word on whether the opportunist money grabbers will be sought by the police. If not, they’re going to be having a very merry Christmas indeed!
Massive shoutout to Coconaut Andy Rio Felders – from the awesome South Bay onesie store in Stanley – who supplied us with these photos (#plugsforpics).
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