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It happened on Day Three of their Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley, and the team stopped to pick up the loose cash in order to hand it over to police for safekeeping.
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The team had just wrapped up their fundraising ride in Chilliwack and were heading to Abbotsford, raising money for the the Canadian Cancer Society and pediatric cancer research. The members pulled over and ended up recovering 23 of the $100 bills and one $50 bill, for a total of $2,350 of the mansa国际传媒檚 missing $2,700 for his sheep.
The Cops for Cancer team contacted Chilliwack RCMP to let them know that they had found the cash and would be turning it in.
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They returned to the scene, and spotted one measly $50 bill.
They then took to social media and called it into the RCMP on the off chance that a Good Samaritan had found the money.
The call came within the hour.
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