The police have confirmed that they are investigating the discovery of bundles of cash that rinsed on a small beach on the south coast of New South Wales.
Mystery surrounds how cash ended up on the coastline on Kendalls Beach in Kiama, and how many people, if present, have chosen part of it.
“Officers affiliated with Lake Illawarra Police District responded and spoke to a woman on the spot,” a police spokesperson said in a statement.
“The money was seized by the police and sent away for forensic investigation.”
Kendalls Beach is a popular vacation spot in South Kiama. ((ABC Illawarra: Mikayla McGuirk-Scolaro))
A witness, who did not want to be identified, said on March 20 that they warned the police for a man who asked beachgoers to help him raise money.
“While I walked through the beach, there was a whole pile of lumps of staggering wrapping along the sand, which I thought was strange, so I picked it up while I walked on,” “
said the witness.
“I went to the man and asked him how the money came into the water, and he advised me to go swimming in his pocket.
“While I spoke with him, a $ 100 bill was held next to me, which I picked up and handed it to him, and I left the beach and thought it wasn’t good, so I called the police.”
Witness saw a diver grabbing cash
Kiama Local Anna Tydd said she noticed a commotion during her afternoon swimming.
“There were all these people swimming just before the waves broke, but they float up and down,” said Mrs. Tydd.
“Then there was this deep sea fishing boat really close to the coast with all these people hanging over the side of the boat.“
Mrs. Tydd only continued with what the swimmers did when she saw a friend return to the beach with glasses in hand.
The friend said he had gone home to let his glasses dive for cash, she said.
“He explained that the police had been there and discovered a sealed bag with a considerable amount of money in it,” said Mrs. Tydd.
Sue has lived in Kiama for 40 years and said that the locals were enthusiastic about the discovery. ((ABC Illawarra: Mikayla McGuirk-Scolaro))
Local resident Sue said she heard about the money from a Facebook message.
“The only thing that said was that there was a bag of money and some tones floating, and there was a boat out with someone who hung over the edge.
“Maybe it’s drug money, I don’t know, but everyone was very enthusiastic about it.“
Crime gangs at sea
Jade Lindley of the Oceans Institute of the University of West -Australia, who is an expert in maritime crimes, believes that it is “very likely”, the incident is linked to a kind of criminal syndicate.
“Whether or not it is drugs is hard to say, but our waterways are used to transfer drugs, especially by America by Australia and to Asia,” Dr. Lindsey.
Jade Lindley says that local waterways can be used to transport medicines. ((Delivered))
She said the money could have been part of a “drop” that went wrong.
“If a group of Australian waters enters and has a sense of warning that border force is on them, they can choose to drop the drugs or money and just leave them.
“There have been cases where large ships have dropped drugs and cash outside the Australian waters, but then it will be picked up and a small boat will go out of the country and pick up the drop.”
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