30.08.2025 01:11
In Adana, a woman who wanted to surprise her mother by replacing old items in their home with new ones accidentally threw away 500,000 TL worth of gold that her mother had hidden under an old sofa. Police teams, who reviewed approximately 470 hours of footage from 57 security cameras, managed to apprehend a scrap collector who took the sofa and sold some of the gold he found.
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Nurgül Beyaz, who lives in the Kazımkarabekir neighborhood of the Yüreğir district in Adana, wanted to surprise her 65-year-old mother Zülfünaz Kızıltaş by replacing the old items in her home with new ones.
THREW AWAY HER MOTHER'S HIDDEN GOLD WHILE TRYING TO SURPRISE HER
Unaware that her mother had hidden 2 bracelets and 6 republic gold coins under the old sofa bed, Beyaz threw the sofa bed away with other items on August 22.
470 HOURS OF FOOTAGE REVIEWED
When Kızıltaş returned from the plateau and realized that her hidden gold had also been thrown away with the sofa bed, she reported it to the police. Acting on the tip-off, the Yüreğir District Police Department teams examined 470 hours of footage from 57 security cameras in the neighborhood.
SELLING AS SOON AS HE FOUND IT
With the work done, it was determined that the old items were taken by a paper collector. The teams captured the paper collector, whose identity they had determined, in the Yavuzlar neighborhood. The suspect, who was found to have sold the iron parts of the sofa bed and some of the gold, was taken into custody. The 6 republic gold coins and the money from the sold bracelets, totaling 283,000 lira, were returned to Kızıltaş.
MOMENTS OF TAKING THE SOFA BED CAPTURED ON CAMERA
Meanwhile, the moments when the paper collector carried the sofa bed with his motorcycle were recorded by a building's security camera. Kızıltaş, who experienced the joy of regaining her gold, thanked the police.
Source: AA / İHA
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