The 69-year-old man in Witten, near Bohum in western Germany, withdrew €20,000 of cash from a bank last Friday in order to buy a new car, police said in a statement. He then placed the envelope with the cash on the roof of his current car. The man withdrew the cash at around 3.40pm on Friday, November 22nd from a bank at Ruhrstraße 45 in Witten. Kuvert aufs Autodach gelegt und losgefahren: Senior verliert am Freitag 20.000 Euro im Bereich Ruhrstraße in #Witten. Statistically speaking, founder Peter Barkow said each German citizen keeps €2,200 cash at home.

Source: The Local November 27, 2019 10:07 UTC