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The two-wheeler mechanic had taken a motorcycle out for a test ride after repairing it when he noticed the money. As no one turned up, I handed it over to the temple priest. Coimbatore: Police commissioner K Periaiah will on Monday honour a 27-year-old two-wheeler mechanic, who had handed over Rs 12,600 he found on a city street to police.J Manikandan, a native of Trichy, had found the money in the Pappanaickenpalayam area on Thursday evening. I parked it along the road and was walking back to the mechanic shop located near the Corporation North Zone Office when I found the money near Kannanur Mariamman Temple,” he told TOI.“I waited at the place for at least half-an-hour, hoping that whoever lost the money would come searching for it. “The vehicle ran out of petrol when I reached Pappanaickenpalayam..