Spanish police investigate 20,000 unposted letters from decade ago

Former Alicante mail carrier charged by police after bags of letters dating back to 2012 discovered at sold home

From Monday to Friday, he clocked in dutifully at the central post office in the Spanish city of Alicante, picking up bags and bags of mail to be delivered.

But exactly what the former letter carrier did next is now under investigation after more than 20,000 undelivered letters - dating back to 2012 and 2013 - were found crammed into bin bags in his home.