A homeless man who had been sleeping rough at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport made off with $355,000 in cash after he happened to lean on an unlocked door.
French police are hunting a homeless man after he stumbled across the unlocked door of a cash management company in Terminal 2F at Charles de Gaulle Airport, emerging with $355,000 cash.
The homeless man, who is a familiar face at the airport, has since disappeared without a trace.
While he left some belongings behind, police did not find any substantial evidence in identifying the man.
CCTV footage show the homeless man searching the bins outside the office at 5.20pm.
He accidentally leans on the office door, belonging to cash management company Loomis, which to his surprise is unlocked.
After entering the room he re-emerges a few minutes later carrying the two bags containing approximately €300,000 in banknotes.
A source close to the investigation told French newspaper Le Parisien, “This is indeed extremely fortuitous. This homeless man benefited from a combination of circumstances to land himself a huge Christmas present.”
French TV channel TF1 produced an animated reenactment of the heist:
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