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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Spanish police investigate 20,000 undelivered letters from decade ago

Mail carrier pushing trolly of mail.
The unnamed man was charged with ‘infidelity in the safekeeping of documents’. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

From Monday to Friday, he clocked in dutifully at the central post office in the Spanish city of Alicante, picking up bags and bags of mail to be delivered.

But exactly what the former letter carrier did next is now under investigation after more than 20,000 undelivered letters dating back to 2012 and 2013 were found crammed into bin bags at his home.

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