Good Samaritan! 35-Yr-Old Nigerian tissue seller Returns €16,000 in lost briefcase!

Peter Angelina, who makes a living selling packets of paper handkerchiefs at a traffic light junction in Seville, has made headlines in Spain for his remarkable honesty.

The 35-year-old immigrant was selling tissues in his usual roadside spot on December 3 when he noticed a small briefcase had been absent-mindedly left on the roof of a car. It fell to the ground when the driver pulled away from the lights.

He initially tried to flag the driver down but failed to attract his attention. Instead, he took the case to the local police in the hope that they could track down the owner.

The case was discovered to contain €3,150 in cash and six cheques with a combined value of €13,000 as well as some documents and a mobile telephone.

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Police traced the owner, a 42-year-old businessman from Seville, and returned his belongings.

Mr Angelina told local media that the rightful owner had since stopped at the traffic lights to thank him and to give him €100 as a reward.

Mr Angelina, who trained as a doctor in his native country but whose qualifications are not recognised in Europe, insisted it never crossed his mind to keep the contents of the briefcase.

"People say I could have kept the money and then thrown the briefcase away but I am not like that, and God wouldn't have liked that," he said. "I am not crazy, I am a good man."