"Like the cash cow had come out": Commuters puzzled by money bundles on motorway
Motorists in Perth have been left puzzled after bundles of cash were spotted flying across a motorway.
On Monday evening, several members of the public called Western Australia police after up to $40,000 in cold hard cash was seen flying across the Mitchell Fwy in Connolly, in the city’s northern suburbs.
According to Commissioner Col Blanch, honest civilians bundled up some of the mysterious money and “came forward with large wads of cash”.
“We believe that up to $40,000 has been recovered,” he said.
Police believe that the money came from an alleged drug deal gone wrong, but the incident is still under investigation.
"It looks like it was a total fiasco by the person involved and probably not one of our smartest (alleged) offenders," Mr Blanch said.
"It's like the cash cow had come out, and there was cash flying everywhere."
"There's no more money on the freeway … let's not go there."
After police attended the scene, they arrested a man close by who had another $8,000 in his possession, along with 51g of cocaine.
Despite some people stopping to retrieve the money to hand over to police, the free money prompted some motorists to stop their cars to retrieve a share for themselves.
Talk on social media suggested one commuter even pocketed about $10,000.
Image credits: WA Police