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The media reminded a Norwegian about his neglected yacht

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A rich Norwegian almost became a victim of his own negligence. The man, whose name was not given, had left the yacht in the harbour of the city of Stromstad more than two years ago and only remembered it thanks to the media and social media.

When he came to the police station on March 26, he said that he thought he had sold the boat back in 2012, and now he wanted to take it back. This surprised law enforcement officers a lot: since the value of the boat is quite high (about 87 thousand euros), no one could not think that the Rinker 342 Fiesta Vee could simply not be remembered.

Moreover, the police assumed that the owner of the boat was dead or a victim of a crime, opened a case and started to collect information through Facebook. Adding to the mystery was the fact that the keys to the boat were in a prominent place - in theory, anyone could have taken the boat on a cruise.

«You have to be very wealthy to forget about a yacht of this price range», police officer Tomas Andersson commented.

Now that the owner of the motorboat has been found, he will be fined and ordered to pay for two years of parking at the marina.

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