Honest stranger finds £26k of gold ... and returns it

A KIND stranger discovered a briefcase filled with £3,100 and 22 gold bars weighing 1kg and worth £26,800 – and turned it over to the police.

The treasure was found under a tree outside a bank in Berlin’s Neukoelln district, one of the city’s poorest areas.

Its fortunate owner, who was reunited with his hoard last Friday, told police he had put the case down to lock up his bicycle but then forgot about it.

On receiving the lost property, Berlin police tweeted: ‘Amazing what you can find under a tree in Neukoelln. An honest finder turned in the briefcase with 3,500 euros and gold to our station.’

It later added: ‘The owner has been found. He said he put his things down while locking up his bicycle and then simply forgot about them.’