"Have you lost a lot of money? An honest person has found it...."

Avondale Police are looking for the owner of a substantial amount of money, found in Mt Eden over the weekend.

The money was found at around 4pm on Saturday afternoon, on the ground in Mt Eden Village.

In order to make sure the rightful owner is found, Police are not releasing the exact amount or location it was found in, but can say the amount is in the many thousands of dollars.

“A very honest member of the public found it, picked it up and spent a bit of time trying to see if anyone in the immediate vicinity was missing it” says Inspector Grant Tetzlaff, Acting Area Commander, Avondale Police.

“It’s nice to know that there are good people around like this, this is a very large sum of money that has been handed in” he says.

Enquiries to identify the owner so far have been unsuccessful.

The money will be held for 90 days and will be returned to the finder if it is still unclaimed.

Anyone who believes the money is theirs can contact the Balmoral Police Station on 09 631 1000, Monday to Friday 8am-4pm

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