Police reported today that thousands of Israeli bank-notes, in denominations of one, 10 and 50 pounds, were washed ashore near Rishon LeZion. Israelis braved wintry weather and waded into the sea to pick up the bills.
Police learned about the find when one conscientious citizen notified them of a find of several banknotes he had picked up on the seashore. When a second man reported a similar finding, the skeptical police went to the seashore and began digging. The notes were genuine.
They appeared either to have been hidden by thieves in some kind of container which ruptured, freeing the banknotes to wash ashore, or to have been thrown from an Israeli ship passing from Haifa to Ashdod. The police continued their investigation, issuing a warning to finders to turn over the notes to the police department.
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