Good guy taxi driver: Spots €10 000 left in cab, returns cash to owner

Madrid - A Canadian tourist who left a suitcase containing €10 000, the equivalent of $10 500 in cash in a Barcelona taxi has been reunited with his money thanks to an honest cab driver, police said Sunday.

The driver dropped off the suitcase on Saturday (November 19) at a police station in Barcelona's Eixample neighbourhood, home to Guadi's famed Sagrada Familia church, after he realised it had been left behind, a police spokeswoman said.

She added: "Police opened the suitcase to try to find information that could identify its owner. Inside they found €10 000 in cash, baby clothes and a Canadian passport." 

Using the passport police were able to track down the owner and return the suitcase.

The spokeswoman said:"He was really grateful and sent us a thank you note for returning it so quickly."