QUIRKY WORLD ... Refugee ‘hero’ returns €150k found in cupboard

GERMANY: Police in the town of Minden say a 25-year-old man who arrived last year as a refugee is their “hero of the day” after he found some €150,000 — and handed it to authorities.

The unidentified Syrian discovered the money in a cupboard he had been given by a charitable organisation.

Minden police said he found about €50,000 in cash and a savings books containing over €100,000 under a board while assembling the furniture. Police said in a statement that while small amounts of money are regularly handed in to authorities, “such a large sum is the absolute exception”.