Good samaritan in Nanaimo finds neary $1,000 in cash and turns it in to police

Nanaimo RCMP had a good samaritan turned in an envelope containing $950 that was found outside a bank to the police.

At around noon on Saturday, March 2nd, the envelope was found outside the Royal Bank at Brooks Landing Mall by a woman named Lisa, who preferred to not give her last name.

Lisa reported to police that as she approached the ATM vestibule, she noticed the envelope on the sidewalk. 

She says she picked it up and looked around to see if anyone around her was looking for it.

Lisa reported she saw no one searching, so she drove to the Nanaimo RCMP detachment to turn over the money, however the police detachment was closed, so she opted to return on Monday, March 4th. 

Police say that several days after she turned in the money, the branch manager of the bank where the money was lost called in and reported that one of their clients had lost a large sum of cash outside the bank.

Police had the client share with them the sum, the denominations of the money lost and where it was lost specifically before turning it over. 

“Lisa was updated on the outcome by police and she too was ecstatic. She commented that it is her birthday next week and upon hearing this news, she couldn’t ask for a better gift,” said R/Cst Gary O’Brien Nanaimo RCMP.

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