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He Threw 20 Gold Bars in the Trash and Had to Call the Police to Find Them.

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Imagine waking up one morning with the initiative of cleaning up your home to get rid of the old without knowing that you are about to make the most serious financial mistake of your life. This was exactly what happened to a 57-year-old man who in a fatal carelessness threw 20 gold ingots into the trash. The protagonist of this story lives in Porto Cesareo and his identity has remained anonymous for security reasons. He lived quietly with his sa…
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A 57-year-old man in Porto Cesáreo, in southern Italy, recovered 20 gold ingots that he had thrown by mistake into a garbage container, reported international media. The recovered gold is valued at about 120,000 euros and was legally acquired over several years, according to a report by Corriere della Sera who quoted the Argentine News Agency in its usual tour of international titles. The man had kept it in a can container that he threw into a t…

A 57-year-old man in Porto Cesareo, southern Italy, mistakenly threw away 20 gold bars, valued at $142,000, in a garbage container. However, thanks to the diligent work of the Carabinieri, the Italian police force, he was able to recover the gold. The man had kept the legally acquired gold bars in a tin can for several years and one day inadvertently threw them away. Upon realizing his mistake, he went to the Carabinieri, who, after reviewing se…

An annoyance of domestic sorting turned to panic in the south of Italy when this quinquennial saw, too late, that he had put in the trash his savings of several years in the form of gold ingots. The race against the watch that followed to recover these gold ingots, now scattered in the waste, highlights the intrinsic value and the risks associated with keeping precious goods at home. A banal error that could have cost dearly In the province of L…

Imagine waking up one morning with the initiative of cleaning up your home to get rid of the old without knowing that you are about to make the most serious financial mistake of your life. This was exactly what happened to a 57-year-old man who in a fatal carelessness threw 20 gold ingots into the trash. The protagonist of this story lives in Porto Cesareo and his identity has remained anonymous for security reasons. He lived quietly with his sa…

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ADN 40 broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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