Society

Vendor's money stash mistaken for bomb

(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-09-27 08:58

A cautious fruit vendor in Nanjing who buried banknotes in a park to keep them from being stolen was reported to police on Saturday as a guard thought he was burying a bomb.

Wang earned about 3,000 yuan (US$375) on Saturday by selling fruit. He buried the money in a park at that night. He walked about 100 metres away, then noticed a park guard at the place he had hidden the money. He was trying to stop the guard unearthing what he had buried when police arrived at the park after receiving a report that somebody was suspected of burying a bomb in the park.

The matter was cleared up after Wang took out the money and explained that he had buried it because he had twice been robbed.

Yangtze Evening News