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Khaleej Times
13 hours ago
- Khaleej Times
Dubai police recover Dh1.1 million jewellery bag with help of Bangladesh
Dubai Police have returned a bag containing around Dh1.1 million jewellery to a resident after he lost it. The incident took place when the Dubai resident, a jeweller, travelled to a GCC country to participate in a jewellery exhibition. He carried four bags containing precious diamond pieces worth around Dh1.1 million. Upon arrival at his destination, the jeweller was shocked to discover that one of the bags in his possession did not belong to him. The jeweller returned to the UAE the same day and filed a report with the General Department of Airport Security. A specialised investigation team was immediately formed, which discovered that a Bangladeshi traveller had mistakenly taken the jeweller's bag during security checks, believing it to be his own due to their striking similarity. The traveller then flew back to Bangladesh, while the jeweller had unknowingly picked up the other man's similar-looking bag. Dubai Police acted promptly, initiating the required legal and administrative measures. Through direct coordination with the UAE Embassy in Dhaka and the relevant Bangladeshi authorities, the jewellery bag was successfully located and returned to the owner in the UAE.
South China Morning Post
21-07-2025
- South China Morning Post
China officials order cleaners to sift through tonnes of rubbish for lost watch, spark outrage
A local government in China has been panned by internet users for making two cleaners spend four hours in the scorching heat searching for a small watch lost by a tourist. In early July, a woman from Shenzhen, southern China, took her child to Datong in the northern province of Shanxi by train. She accidentally put her child's smartwatch in a rubbish bag near their seat, then left the train, Red Star News reported. The gadget has a positioning function which showed it was still in the railway station. It took the two cleaning workers four hours to sift through piles of rubbish before they found the watch. Photo: The next day, the mother, surnamed Lu, followed the advice of a friend to call the hotline of the Datong municipal government, asking if they could retrieve the watch from the station.
CTV News
17-07-2025
- CTV News
A 105-year-old violin fell out of a vehicle in B.C., now police are seeking the man who picked it up
A vintage violin that police say fell out of its owner's vehicle in Richmond on Wednesday is seen in this photo provided by police. (Richmond RCMP) The search is on for a person police are calling a Good Samaritan for picking up a vintage violin that fell out of another driver's vehicle in Richmond, B.C., Wednesday. Richmond RCMP said they received a report around 12:25 p.m. that the violin – in a hard, black rectangular case – had fallen out of an open trunk on Francis Road near Gilbert Road, close to the entrance to a commercial plaza. The violin inside the case is a 1920 Carlo Micelli, and the case has two straps on the bottom, allowing it to be worn like a backpack, the detachment said in a news release Thursday. The violin is engraved with the words 'Carlo Micelli Anno 1920,' according to police. Violin maker Carlo Micelli The inside of the violin reads "Carlo Micelli Anno 1920." (Richmond RCMP) Mounties said witnesses in the area 'observed a newer model blue pickup truck pulling over' where the instrument was dropped. The driver got out and retrieved it, putting it in his vehicle and driving off. 'We hope by making this appeal, that anyone with information about the whereabouts of the violin will come forward,' said Cpl. Melissa Lui, in the release. Police urged the finder of the violin – or anyone else with information or video that could be relevant to the case – to call the Richmond RCMP non-emergency line at 604-278-1212 and quote file number 2025-22721.
Independent Singapore
11-07-2025
- Independent Singapore
Man's shock at finding lost bag at the coffeeshop where he left it sparks similar stories of how safe Singapore is
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man who accidentally left his bag behind at a coffee shop found it three hours later, untouched and exactly where he'd left it. His relieved account has since gone viral, prompting others to share their own tales of how safe Singapore is. Jeremy See recounted in a Facebook post on Tuesday (July 8) that he had been having breakfast that morning when he forgot to take his grey bag with him as he left. It wasn't until he returned home, three hours later, that he realised the bag was missing. 'I tried to search for a phone number of the coffeeshop to call, but couldn't find any,' he wrote, 'With just less than 72 hours before I embark on my Singapore to Japan road trip, I dreaded the thought of having to replace my cards, IDs and documents at such short notice.' A photo he shared showed the bag, grey and unassuming, resting on a four-seater table. Mr See rushed back to the coffee shop, bracing himself for the bag to be gone. Instead, he was astonished to find the bag exactly where he'd left it, completely untouched. He wrote, 'My faith in Singaporeans was reinforced. No one touched my bag. They must have thought someone 'chope'd' the table.' The story quickly resonated with thousands online. Comments poured in, with many netizens recounting similar brushes with absent-mindedness and relief. One commenter recalled leaving an expensive camera bag at a hawker centre in Chong Pang. Facebook user David Lai shared, 'I once left my camera backpack with over $10k worth of camera gear under a table in a hawker centre in Chong Pang. I left and went shopping, and only after 30 minutes [did I] realise I didn't have my camera backpack. 'I panicked and ran back to the Hawker centre expecting the worst, and lo and behold, the bag was still exactly where I left it! There are very few places in the world that are that safe. Another commenter, Jay Nesh Isuran, shared, 'I left my wallet on Bus 157. I alighted and didn't even realise I had forgotten it! The best part? I didn't even realise my wallet was missing! 'The next day, when I boarded the same bus — to my surprise — my wallet was still on the exact same seat… with $300 cash inside, untouched. Now that's why Singapore is one of the safest countries in the world!' Not everyone was so fortunate, but even those who lost their belongings were often touched by strangers' kindness. Several commenters described how good Samaritans had retrieved their lost wallets and delivered them personally to their homes. Some, however, couldn't resist teasing Mr See. One comment, which saw over a hundred reactions, said, 'You chopped the table for 1/2 a day liao…'
CBC
10-07-2025
- CBC
A full roasted pork, large sums of money, wallets and cell phones – CBC gets a look inside OC Transpo's lost and found
OC Transpo moved its lost and found program in-house in December to improve customer service. Since then, it says it's collected around 8,000 items. CBC's Arthur White-Crummey got a tour.
