A Boston cab driver is being praised by the city's police department for turning over a backpack full of cash left in his backseat. A driver for the Independent Taxi Operators Association – identified as Raymond "Buzzy" MacCausland – found a backpack in the rear of his taxi after dropping off a fare, according to the Boston Police Department.
While looking for identification in the bag, the driver, 72, found approximately $187,000 in wads of cash, police confirmed. The driver immediately turned the property over to police headquarters, where the owner eventually arrived to identify his bag and its contents.