A do-gooder may have been more generous than they set out to be, with surprised staff at a Sunshine charity staff finding large sums of cash stashed in donated jackets.
Staff at the St Vincent De Paul Society found the cash in the pockets of four men’s jackets when sorting through collection bin donations on January 20.
Sunshine police Sergeant Brett Butterworth said he hoped the money was not someone’s life savings.
“It’s unfortunate that a kindly gesture has ended in this way,” Sergeant Butterworth said.
“We’re doing all we can to find the owner, so we can return their cash to them.”
It is believed the jackets were placed in a charity bin and collected on either the Friday, Saturday or Sunday before January 20.
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