Big stash of US dollars found in bag in Bangkok hotel

[balo]

The white powder could be drugs , money is probably real and the owner jumped off the balcony after enjoying a trip on the wild side. The money will now be used to open up another gambling place owned by the police.

[Friendly Stranger]

If they did not have microscopic traces of cocaine on them, then yes, they're fake.

[NCC1701A]

ever leave your luggage at a hotel for a few hours after checkout? you get a receipt.

so what do you get when you put your bag of money in the safe?

"foreigners?" passport please. copies made first thing. your location already reported to immigration at check in.

ever checkout of a hotel?

the front desk is on the red walkie talkie so fast... mini bar? room condition?

ever see a hotel without at least one cctv camera in the lobby? hallways?

wow i found a bag in my hotel with $200,000 USD in cash. I think I will call the police right away and not just wait for the owners to show back up. maybe no one will.

Edited March 16, 2015 by NCC1701A

[Daniel Ingalls]

Damn.......idiots! take the money to a bank for safe keeping, let them run the money through a machine that detects fraud. Warning! got any writing or

markings, they will refuse it. If its good, hold it for 30 days......then go on a shopping spree if no claimer steps for word!

[mogo51]

"police would attempt to locate its owner".

You would think that in an 18 room hotel, a quick look at the hotel registry would uncover who stayed in the room, or am I over simplifying things.

Yes I think you are. I know you will find this difficult to believe but it is very easy to have false identity documents in this country!

[PatOngo]

"police would attempt to locate its owner".

You would think that in an 18 room hotel, a quick look at the hotel registry would uncover who stayed in the room, or am I over simplifying things.

Yes I think you are. I know you will find this difficult to believe but it is very easy to have false identity documents in this country!

Well cut off my legs and call me shorty.....who'd have thought that could happen!

[somchaismith]

Isn't kicking a bag seen as very rude in Thai culture?

[Wat dee]

Only if the money is real...they try to locate the owner.

[dean008]

the passport details should be a clue, if they are genuine, please ignore

[fey]

i wish thesr people would use gold bars like i keep suggesting

[sawati]

Follow the Nigerian trail...

[Basil B]

Damn.......idiots! take the money to a bank for safe keeping, let them run the money through a machine that detects fraud. Warning! got any writing or

markings, they will refuse it. If its good, hold it for 30 days......then go on a shopping spree if no claimer steps for word!

When the bank clark feels the notes they probably know straight away they are dud, the cops will be there before they could get out the door...

[ScarpoFongness4U]

Could be the Iranian arrested w the fake passport was on his way to pick it up

[wow64]

How did the bag get kicked in the safe?

[SiSePuede419]

Obviously a case of a frugal, forgetful farang who left his bag there while he went out and looked around for a cheaper hotel and then forgot where this hotel was at.

Happened to me before...