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Men accused of 'stealing' 125,000 lost golf balls

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Five people have been accused of "stealing" golf balls from water hazards, police said Friday. They collected nearly 125,000 lost golf balls worth 22.5 million won ($19,600) from 22 golf courses between March and June. They harvested the balls by diving into the water hazards at night.

The five were caught at a golf course in Samcheok, Gangwon Province, on June 15.

They were charged with special theft and will soon stand trial. But whether they will be punished is up in the air because there are court cases in which unauthorized lost golf ball collectors were not found guilty.

In 2011, the Daegu District Court acquitted a man who had been indicted for collecting 1,670 lost balls without a golf course's permission. The court said the lost balls were considered ownerless goods, for which the golf course couldn't claim possession.

Men accused of 'stealing' 125,000 lost golf balls
 

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if they are lost, can't we just say said person "found' them? Besides.. Do we honestly think a golf course takes the balls out and cleans them up to make money?
 

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"special theft"????
 

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if they are lost, can't we just say said person "found' them? Besides.. Do we honestly think a golf course takes the balls out and cleans them up to make money?
They do. Run them through the same ball washing machine that you use for the range balls, throw them in a bin and sell them for $1 each.
 

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They do. Run them through the same ball washing machine that you use for the range balls, throw them in a bin and sell them for $1 each.

But they are lost golf balls so who really should give to sh*ts about it? I mean honestly.. Petty fing golf course
 

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But they are lost golf balls so who really should give to sh*ts about it? I mean honestly.. Petty fing golf course
Yeah, most don't care but I have seen some that do.
 

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Yeah, most don't care but I have seen some that do.

Yeah I guess expensive courses might.

I know for sure I could have taken a least a dozen ProV1s at Norton and they wouldn't have cared... Granted I would have gotten a shit ton of poison ivy
 
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