Woman buys apartment in cash with police escort   

市民取120万元现金买房 打110请警察全程护送

昨天上午10点，南京秦淮警方接到市民宋女士的求助电话，说自己在瞻园路的一家银行里，要取120万元现金，出于安全考虑，想请警方派人员来护送。接警之后的十分钟，夫子庙派出所的民警就赶到了现场。[查看全文]

A woman called for police escorts in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province to accompany her as she purchased a 1.2 million yuan ($191,760) apartment in cash on Friday.

The property buyer, surnamed Song, decided to call Nanjing police after several banks refused to give her the full amount in fear for her safety.

Song told police the seller firmly insisted on making a cash deal.

Authorities arrived at Song's bank 10 minutes after calling, she explained.

"You know 1.2 million yuan is not a small number, and it took half an hour to simply finish counting it. We escorted her from start to finish until she closed the deal," said officer Wang Yingjun.

Song said that she had felt much safer with police presence.

She added she had gotten the idea to call police from a recent news report on how escorts can be requested when withdrawing large amounts of money.

Jinling Evening News