17.08.09 - 10:18 -
A taxi driver on the island of Menorca returned a wallet containing 60,000 euros in cash, which a passenger left inside the vehicle and which he has now recovered.
Municipal officials told Efe that when the passenger got out of the taxi, he left behind a leather wallet full of cash, checkbooks and business cards.
When the taxi driver noticed the oversight he finished driving his next passenger, then went to the police station in Mahon to hand over the wallet.
Collaboration between Spain's National Police, to whom the lost wallet had been reported, and local police, who had it in their possession, led to the owner being located and having his money and documents returned.
Mahon city hall in the touristic Balearic Islands appreciated and thanked "the initiative and honesty of the taxi driver" and congratulated him "on his conduct."
