QUIRKY WORLD ... Thief makes a clean getaway with his haul ... of 35 cents

USA: New Orleans police are investigating an armed robbery in which the assailant walked away with only 35 cents. Two men, aged 33 and 29, were robbed by a man armed with a semi-automatic gun in the city’s Carrollton area.

QUIRKY WORLD ... Thief makes a clean getaway with his haul ... of 35 cents
Fri, 06 May, 2016 - 01:00

No-one was injured. A police report gave no explanation as to why the perpetrator came away with such a small amount of money.

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