Golden blunder: Granny’s 2 million baht treasure trashed by unwitting grandkid

[webfact]

A 60 year old woman lost over 2 million baht in gold after it was mistakenly thrown out with the rubbish by her unaware grandchild. The fortune was later discovered by a waste collector, who initially believed it to be counterfeit. The police were involved in the recovery of the gold, and it was returned to its rightful owner.

 

Wandee today reported her loss to the local police in Pluak Daeng, Rayong. She revealed that on January 1, she placed her valuable gold items in two bags, which were then mistakenly thrown away by her grandchild.

 

The gold items included six gold bars, six necklaces, five bracelets, five Buddha amulets, three diamond rings, a gemstone ring, a diamond brooch, eight gold rings, a pair of gold earrings, two pairs of diamond earrings, and a diamond bracelet. These were all placed in a red and black bag and left outside her room. A local waste collector, riding a motorcycle with a sidecar, later found the bags of gold while collecting rubbish.

 

Upon realising her mistake, Wandee was devastated and reported her misfortune to the Pluak Daeng Police Station. She was immensely relieved and grateful when she was informed that her gold had been recovered and would be returned to her, reported KhaoSod.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-01-03

 

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[Gottfrid]

Ha , ha, ha

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, Gottfrid said:

Ha , ha, ha

Highlighting the measure of your character with a healthy dash of Schadenfreude….   
 

Befitting of GoM. 

 

 

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

A 60 year old woman lost over 2 million baht in gold after it was mistakenly thrown out with the rubbish by her unaware grandchild. The fortune was later discovered by a waste collector, who initially believed it to be counterfeit. The police were involved in the recovery of the gold, and it was returned to its rightful owner.

[nobodysfriend]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

The fortune was later discovered by a waste collector, and it was returned to its rightful owner.

 

That ( poor ) , honest waste collector should get at least a 10% reward .

[huangnon]

42 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

 

That ( poor ) , honest waste collector should get at least a 10% reward .

Yes, agreed. Granny needs checking for dementia also.

[zyphodb]

I wonder what the police "finders" fee was?

[Chris Daley]

The trash man should have pocketed that.

[brianthainess]

Put her gold in a black rubbish sack, as you do. I mean why would you keep it in a safe, when a plastic rubbish sack will do the job.  What could go wrong.

[Gottfrid]

15 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Highlighting the measure of your character with a healthy dash of Schadenfreude….   
 

Befitting of GoM. 

 

 

Yeah, it does, but see! Look like I got you going in this thread too. 

[cowellandrew]

And I cant get our local council to dig up the local tip,

 

[EVENKEEL]

18 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Put her gold in a black rubbish sack, as you do. I mean why would you keep it in a safe, when a plastic rubbish sack will do the job.  What could go wrong.

Hiding valuables in plain sight works well.