'$1 million' left behind in suitcase in cafe

[kpete]

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald


Rachel Olding and Saffron Howden
November 23, 2011 - 12:08AM

A suitcase reportedly containing "a million dollars" was left in a Sydney cafe yesterday morning in an episode befitting a Hollywood film.

The two owners of Caffe Marco in Burwood, in Sydney's inner-west, thought the deserted suitcase was a bomb at first and calmly placed it on the footpath of George Street until police arrived.

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She said a man, described by police as in his 30s and Asian, walked into the cafe just after 8am with the suitcase and ordered a coffee. Dressed in boardshorts and a yellow singlet, he looked fit for the beach and anxiously chatted to another couple.

"The owners said he was quite nervous when he sat down," said the dentist worker. "Then he just got up and left."





Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/1-million-left-behind-in-suitcase-in-cafe-20111122-1nt0m.html#ixzz1eSntW4KN

[Make7]

1. Is that where I left it? Thank goodness they found it for me! ( n/t )

[Uben]

3. Oh, go take a bath and get a job! That money is mine!

...but I'll split it wit ya if you'll go pick it up.

[louis-t]

2. At least the bomb squad didn't blow it up.

That would have been a shame.

[dtexdem]

4. He needs a more-secure drop spot.

Now he likely has a drug cartel on his tail -- either that, or his tale has already been told.

[thelordofhell]

5. Quick........call Howie Mandel

I can't believe they didn't see that big number 15 on the briefcase

[DFW]

6. Calm down, people. That's a million Australian dollars

That's only $984,750 in US dollars--hardly more than Koch brothers got as a weekly allowance when they were little.

[freshwest]

9. I could find a good use for it after exchanging it for USDs, LOL. Hope the owners get a reward.

Oh, those silver spooned tikes... Worth $25B apiece now, I heard.

[rrneck]

7. And I would like my undies back. nt

[geomon666]

8. Is this your homework Larry?

[Omnibus]

10. '$1 million' left behind in suitcase in cafe

Or, as I like to call it, "I Just Got a New Printer!"