SKIP hire workers could be in for a jackpot win after stumbling across £7,000 in bank notes they found ripped up.

Quicker Skips employee Kevin Ball uncovered a black bag filled with thousands of pounds worth of damaged £20 notes at their site last month.

After handing the cash over police, officers failed to uncover enough evidence to track down the owner.

Now Kevin and his boss Mark Hanson, are waiting to find out if the Bank of England will reimburse them with the cash.

Mark Hanson, from Burnley, Lancs, said: "We managed to bring it all together and found that it was £7,000 instead of £2,000, which we originally thought.

"They were not in a great condition with some of them moth-eaten and cut in half. Also a lot of the notes were wet.

"We will hopefully split some of the money among the workers and also give some to charity.

Mark insisted that people had come forward trying to claim the loot, but Lancashire Police said there wasn't enough evidence to show they own the lump sum.

He said: "We had a few phone calls but they were lying."

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