{"id":3580,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","slug":"taxi-driver-returns-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/taxi-driver-returns-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"A Passenger Left AED 3.5M Worth Of Gold Behind And This Taxi Driver Returned The Whole Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you were to leave AED 3.5m worth of gold in a taxi in any other part of the world, chances are you&#8217;d never see it again.\u00a0But, that&#8217;s\u00a0not the case\u00a0in Dubai!<\/p>\n<p>A Bangladeshi taxi driver returned 25kg of gold that a passenger had left behind in his airport taxi. A round of applause for this\u00a0incredibly honest gentleman, please.<\/p>\n<p>Four passengers got on to\u00a0Liton Chandra Nath&#8217;s taxi at Dubai Airport. He dropped them off at their\u00a0destination in Muraqqabat in Deira where they insisted on unloading the bags themselves.<\/p>\n<p>An hour later he got a call from\u00a0Road and Transport Authority (RTA) Customer Support and the Dubai Police asking if he&#8217;s come across anything left behind by\u00a0a customer. After checking the booth he found a laptop bag containing eight bars of gold. He returned the items to RTA.<\/p>\n<h3>His honesty paid off&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>RTA gave him a reward of AED 1,000 in cash as well as free housing for a year.\u00a0Rail CEO Abdul Moshin Ebrahim Younus gave\u00a0him AED 5,000 in cash and a certificate of appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>Main image credit: RTA<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you were to leave AED 3.5m worth of gold in a taxi in any other part of the world, chances are you&#8217;d never see it again.\u00a0But, that&#8217;s\u00a0not the case\u00a0in Dubai! A Bangladeshi taxi driver returned 25kg of gold that a passenger had left behind in his airport taxi. 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