A record 3.997 billion yen in found cash was handed in to the Tokyo police last year, the highest amount since records began in 1940, the Metropolitan Police Department has said.
According to the MPD, the amount jumped by 600 million yen from the previous year. The highest amount in a single case was about 34 million yen, which was found in a box.
There were 3.71 million found items handed into the police, up about 20% from about 3.02 million in the previous year. Of the most common items handed in, about 730,000 were ID documents such as driving licenses and insurance cards.
