Hong
Kong shoppers and commuters thought Christmas had arrived early on Wednesday
afternoon after hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cash spilled onto a
busy road following an accident apparently involving a security van.
Incredulous
bystanders were seen "sprinting" onto Gloucester Road, near Hong
Kong's financial heart, on Christmas eve to claim bundles of money, the South
China Morning Post reported.
A
passing taxi driver ditched his red and white cab in order to grab some of the
bounty while one lady made off with ten "bricks" of cash, a witness
said.
"She
looked like a very regular Hong Kong lady. She had an armful of bricks of cash
– it was as much as she could carry," the witness said, adding that
the woman had then "disappeared" into the Wan Chai neighbourhood.
"You
couldn't make it up," the witness was quoted as saying. "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."
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Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cash spilled
onto a busy road following an accident apparently involving a security van (Photo:
hongkong.coconuts.co)
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Police said they had been
called to the scene at just before 2pm and that armed officers were deployed to
cordon of the area. Employees from G4S, the British security firm, were also
seen according to the report.
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