Beggar Arrested By Police Had Millions In Cash In His Pockets

People often make accusations against certain beggars that they aren't actually short of cash at all - on the contrary, some of them even make a profession out of it.

One particular beggar in Sweden didn't seem short of cash as police arresting the man found him to have half a million pounds worth of cash stuffed in his jacket, reports the Times.

The 55-year-old man was arrested for threatening people who refused to give him money outside the Resecentrum bus and train station in Uppsala, 50 miles north of the Swedish capital Stockholm.

Officers quickly discovered that the man had around six million krona (£535,680/$753,905) on his person - so much that it started spilling from his jacket pockets.

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"I have never heard of so much money in a situation like this," said police chief Jale Poljarevius. "There were just more and more bundles.

"Anyone who walks around with six million in cash will be a suspect of crime," Poljarevius added. You don't say.

As the largest legal banknote in Sweden is a 1,000 krona note, that meant the man was carrying at least 6,000 notes - assuming that all of the notes were the same. That's a hell of a lot of spondoolies.

The over-aggressive beggar turned out to be carrying so much money that it took officers more than a day to count it all.

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Uppsala Police said the man, a Swedish national, had been asking people to give him pennies so he would have enough money to buy a train ticket home to the west of Sweden.

An Uppsala Police spokeswoman confirmed that the beggar was arrested on suspicion of money laundering. Prosecutors are now deciding whether he will be freed or appear in court in a few days' time.

"The people who called us said he was very angry when demanding money," the spokeswoman said.

"We don't know whether he got this money through begging, if he won it in a lottery or it is the proceeds of crime."

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Prosecutors were unable to confirm exactly how much money the man was carrying, but said it was 'obviously' millions of krona.

If the beggar is found guilty of money laundering, he could be facing a maximum of two years in prison in line with Swedish law.

If the guy was carrying money illegally for someone else, surely he could have snuck a note to get home?

Topics: World News, News, crime, Sweden, Homeless

Chris Ogden

Chris Ogden is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from the University of East Anglia with degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing before completing his NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. Chris has previously written for the independent culture magazine The Skinny, among other publications.

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