Man charged with stealing over $600k worth of Bluey 'dollarbucks' under Strike Force Bandit (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 3 months ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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In short: A 47-year-old man has been charged after allegedly stealing over $600,000 worth of limited edition Bluey coins.

Police allege the man was an employee at a warehouse where the Australian Mint packages were being held before their release.

Police says only 1,000 of the coins have been accounted for a most will now be in circulation.

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[-] Narc082@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago

That task force codename though.

[-] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP64R1KRTLg

The news video is worth watching!

[-] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

I had to recheck what month it was when i saw this headline. This sounded like it had April fools written all over it.

[-] itsathursday@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Streuth! What a cunt! This kids would have had the shits and been pissed without their dollarydoos

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I even saw someone already selling these coins on eBay in Germany... Too bad eBay doesn't give a shit I guess

this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2024

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