Staff report

HACKETTSTOWN – A person playing Pokémon Go found $2,000 on the street, police said.

The individual, whose name was not released by police, had stopped at a Pokéstop when he noticed the money, which was wrapped in a rubber band, on the sidewalk at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, police said.

Pokémon Go is a game in which players use an app on their phone to find Pokémon characters in real world locations. A Pokestop is a notable location that is marked on a game map and has special benefits for players including the ability to get Poké Balls and eggs that hatch into Pokémon.

The individual who found the money went to a nearby business to let them know he found the money and was going to turn it over to police.

Around the same time, a person reported to police they had lost $2,000 in cash on Main Street, police said. The man had been planning to wire the cash overseas, according to Sgt. Darren Tynan, public information officer for the Hackettstown Police Department.

The officer investigating the report of the lost money went into a business in the vicinity of where the money was lost and an employee told the officer that a person had just been in there and had found the money, police said.

The officer checked surveillance video to get a description of the male and then located the individual walking on Main Street, police said.

The person was in possession of the missing money and turned it over to the officer, who gave it to the owner, police said.

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