Trash Cash Cache Found in Japan
An abandoned safe containing an estimated $1.4 million was found at a trash-processing center Friday, police said.
Yoshikazu Mori, 34, and a colleague discovered the cash while trying to crush the fireproof safe in an incinerator at Kanegaya, Yokohama, a police official said.
The money in the safe was mostly old 10,000-yen bills, wrapped by the million, according to the official.
The safe was recovered from among garbage brought Thursday to the incinerator owned by Yokohama All Seiso, a company that handles industrial waste.
No one has claimed the money, and police are investigating the incident.
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