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Thousands of pounds in cash has been chopped up and dumped in two waste bins in a city centre. | Thousands of pounds in cash has been chopped up and dumped in two waste bins in a city centre. |
Police in Lincoln are baffled after finding the £10 and £20 notes which had been snipped into small pieces. | Police in Lincoln are baffled after finding the £10 and £20 notes which had been snipped into small pieces. |
It is thought the money, which police said was beyond repair, was discarded between Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon. | It is thought the money, which police said was beyond repair, was discarded between Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon. |
The pieces had been stuffed in the bins near the Barge on the Brayford and in City Square, Lincoln. | The pieces had been stuffed in the bins near the Barge on the Brayford and in City Square, Lincoln. |
Detective Constable Nick Cobb said: "The money has been cut into many, many pieces - each individual note. | |
"Somebody spent a great deal of time physically cutting up the money." | |
He said even a "jigsaw fanatic" would probably not be able to put the money back together again. |
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