Eight-year-old Egyptian Lily Jamal Ramadan has been honoured in Dubai for finding and handing over AED 17,000 left behind at a cinema hall to the authorities.
According to the Dubai Police, the girl had gone to watch a movie at a mall theatre with her family when she found the cash on a seat.
She informed her father and immediately went to the Al Rashidiya Police Station to alert the officers.
She also met the owner of the cash, who had had also reached the station to report the incident.
Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs at Dubai Police, commended the girl for her honesty and praised her for being a role model for other children.
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