Pacific / Solomon Islands

Solomons thief not telling police where they hid $US50,000 cash box

06:28 am on 2 September 2020

A suspected thief in Solomon Islands is refusing to tell police where a missing cash box containing about $US60,000 might be hidden.

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Police said the box, filled with Solomons dollars, Australian dollars and British pounds, was stolen from a house in the Henderson area on Friday night.

It's unclear why the residents chose to store such a large amount of money in their home but police said they were working at the Supreme Casino when the theft occurred.

The suspect in custody is understood to be a former employee of the complainants.