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A group of teens on the islands of Okinawa in Japan did a test of courage by sneaking into an abandoned house earlier this year.
Instead of finding ghosts, they hit the jackpot with a large stash of cash that they spent on drugs.
Japan’s Ryūkyū Shimpō reported on 15 Nov that the incident took place around May 2025 on Okinawa’s main island.
Several high school students found a house that had been left vacant for over 20 years and was overgrown with weeds.
Source: Ryūkyū Shimpō
The teens allegedly trespassed onto the abandoned property as a test of courage and found at least 100 million yen (S$839,000) in the form of old 10,000 yen notes inside.
They stole some of the money and left. Though it was supposed to be a group secret, word of the money eventually started spreading amongst other students in their school.
Through May and June, teens would break into the house and steal more of the cash.
They allegedly spent it on entertainment and etomidate, the drug found in Kpods.
One teen even allegedly purchased a motorcycle from social media, supposedly to avoid suspicion from using large amounts of old notes.
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Someone close to one of the involved boys became suspicious about the large amount of cash he was holding and alerted the police in July.
The police subsequently cordoned off the abandoned house, placed a blue tarp over the gate, and are currently investigating.
According to reports, the land on which the vacant house is built is jointly owned by several people.
A relative of the land’s primary manager said that he felt no anger towards the teens who found the money, even saying they should be left alone.
However, another person involved in the land ownership questioned why there was so much cash inside the house.
He called for an investigation and for the teens to be held responsible.
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