Street cleaner finds £60k worth of watches, and hands them in!
Street cleaner Arron Large was performing his daily cleaning rounds when he spotted something gold and shiny in a drain. A £21,000 Rolex!
After handing in the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph to local Essex police, local television heard the news and decided to cover it. They went with Mr Large to the same spot to explain his story and they was stunned to find three more expensive watches – another Rolex, an Omega and A Franck Muller.
He has been commended for his honesty after discovering the watches, and
If the owners do not come forward within 30 days, the father-of-two could pocket the value of all four watches – estimated to be around £60,000.
Mr Large, 28, from Rayleigh, said: "I told my colleague you're not going to believe me but I've found another one. He said ‘shut up’, but when I took it out and wiped it off I realised it really was another Rolex. A few people have said no they wouldn't hand it in, but at the end of the day I thought it was the right thing to do."
Police are investigating wether the watches are stolen, however nobody has come forward yet.
Posted by: Paddy! | 00:34 18-02-2012 | Category: Other | Views: 318 | Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9086639/Street-cleaner-who-handed-in-20k-Rolex-finds-three-more-watches-in-drain.html
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