050101K200,000 cash lost at Iurun
By New Dawn Media:

AN increasing number of treasure hunters from all over Bougainville are camping along the Iurun river at Tinputz district, in the hope of finding a black sports bag that is believed to contain more than two hundred thousand kina in cash.

Reports received from Tinputz say the black bag was lost at the river last week when its owner, a copra buyer based at Arawa, was swept out of the passenger vehicle he was travelling in, on his way to Buka.

The East Coast transport he was in along with ten other passengers, was caught in strong tide and dragged about five meters downstream when the Iurun river flooded after a night of heavy rains last week.

No casualties was reported and passengers were able to retrieve most of their cargos except for the bag containing the cash which has not yet been found.

A ten thousand kina reward is being offered to the person who finds and safely return the cash to the owner.

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