The Grande Prairie RCMP is seeking help from the public in reuniting a “large sum” of cash that has been in police possession since September.
According to the RCMP, on September 25th, 2024, police received a report that a large sum of cash was located in a clothing donation at Value Village, within an envelope located inside the donated article of clothing. The cash was turned over to law enforcement.
Now, the Grande Prairie RCMP is looking to the public for assistance in returning the money to its owner. Police say if you or someone you know misplaced a sizeable amount of cash sometime around the 25th of September last year should contact the RCMP at (780)-830-5701.
But what should you do if you find cash? Corporal Patrick McPhee with the Grande Prairie RCMP explains that while there is no legal limit to the amount of found cash you can keep, morals and ethics should be considered, similar to if you found someone else’s property.
“If you find cash that is not yours, it belongs to someone,” he says. “There’s no number, but I look at it like this- especially with cash, it means something to someone, and different amounts carry different weights to different people, so regardless of whatever amount it is, it could mean something to someone.”
McPhee says there are a number of ways to go about returning found cash; however, he maintains that the best practice would be turning it in directly to the RCMP, where they can generate a file, and attempt to track down its owner.
