Scavenger finds P165,000 cash in trash bag

TAYUG, Pangasinan, Philippines – A scavenger found P165,000 in cash in a trash bag and turned it over to the municipal police here on Monday.

Maria Lozano was collecting recyclable materials in Barangay Poblacion B when she found the trash bag in front of a cooperative office, according to Chief Inspector Marcos Anod, officer-in-charge of the town police.

Lozano said the money was placed in a pouch bag. She sought the help of former village chief Alberto Mayrong, who turned it over to Anod.

Police turned the money over to Michelle Gasmen, teller of Sacred Heart Saving Cooperative, who said she left the cash to her manager as she had to leave the office early last Friday.

The manager apparently placed the cash in a trash bag instead in the vault.

On Monday morning, the first employee who arrived at the office apparently took the bag outside to be picked up by a garbage truck.

Police have yet to question the manager.