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Finders keepers for plane loader

A Maltese court has ordered the Customs Department to return to an aircraft loader $5,000 he found on a plane.

The loader found the cash on a plane that arrived in Malta from Tripoli in July 2000. He handed it to customs, but asked for it to be returned when no one claimed it. Customs refused, arguing it was illegal to hold foreign currency under a law existing at the time.

A court Monday decided however that the loader, John Fiteni, had a right to the money, the Malta Times newspaper reported Tuesday.

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