
Handling 500-euro notes is like putting a target on your back, as far as Hacienda goes; they’re 100% hot potatoes.
It would appear to be that a 69-year-old gentleman, suffering from schizophrenia, was behind the ripped-up bank notes.
More accustomed to finding dog droppings on municipal lawns and gardens, the town-hall garden maintenance lads had a pleasant surprise one morning… They came across 20,000-euros’ worth of ripped up 500-euro notes in the garden area of Las Explanadas, Motril.
At one time rumor had it that the America’s ‘streets were paved with gold’ and many came to its shores in hopes of a better life. It’s probably safe to say that we now know that rumor isn’t so true and that the effects of pursuing the ‘American dream’ can be felt around the world.