Thief steals ?2.8m of buried treasure

Thief steals ?2.8m of buried treasure

An elderly Japanese businessman buried ?2.8million in his garden for safekeeping only to find it dug up by a thief.
 

The man in his 80s discovered the theft in October and died two months later . . .  had put cash into a container over four decades, repeatedly digging it up and then placing it back in the ground in his yard in southern Saga prefecture.

"He noticed that there are signs that parts of his yard were dug up. Then he learned that the container in which he kept the money was gone," a local police official said.

"He buried the money because financial institutions are offering only low interest rates, and he thought it was better to keep his cash himself," the official said.

The businessman had recollected that the last time he had checked the money was in the middle of 2007, the official said.

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That was quite a stash! Sue

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