text: An honest taxi driver has made a friend for life after returning a bag a passenger left on the back seat of his car - containing £10,000 in cash. Mohammed Nisar, 55, had been driving sole trader Adrian Quinn to Walsall train station when the passenger hopped out of the vehicle in a rush, forgetting his rucksack. He had been carrying the hefty sum of money after cashing a cheque from his inheritance following the death of his mother - and on realising his mistake says he felt 'dazed'. Reward: Taxi driver Mohammed Nisar (left) accepts a reward from sole trader Adrian Quinn after returning a bag the passenger left in his taxi containing £10,000 in cash . Mr Quinn, 46, of Hereford, said: 'Losing that money would have been the end of my business. I was physically sick! He realised he had left the bag in the car just seconds after Mr Nisar dropped him at the station. He added: 'I was walking across the car park when I realised I hadn't got my bag and I panicked. I tried to flag down another taxi but they all had fares. 'I was sick. My body just went into shut-down and I didn't know what to do.. I was just in a daze. If I'd lost that bag it would have been the end of my business. 'We have built it up from nothing for the last nine years and we are sole traders. We don't have the backing of banks. It is hard work, but it earns us a living.' After eventually flagging down another cab the father-of-three arrived back at the taxi rank in a flustered state to find Mr Nisar sitting in his car with the bag safely on the passenger seat. Honest cabbie: Mr Nisar believes 'honesty is the best policy' and has returned a number of valuable lost items to passengers in the past . He said: 'I was very emotional. I said, "Do you know what was in that bag? Put it this way, it is not a box of sandwiches or a newspaper. There is £10,000 in there".' Mr Quinn gave Mohammed a cash reward to thank him - in an envelope marked 'to my best friend in the world' - and has even invited him and his wife to his home for a family meal. Mr Nisar, 55, said: 'He nearly had a heart attack, he was really worried! 'He came up to me and asked if I realised what was in the bag. He was very, very thankful. He had just bought a car but forgot the bag full of money.' It is not the first time Mr Nisar, who has been a self-employed taxi driver for 15 years, has found things in the back of his car. Only two years ago one passenger left a wallet containing £150 in, but Mohammed drove straight back to the man's home to return it. New friend: Mr Quinn hands a cash reward to Mr Nisar in an envelope labelled 'to my best friend in the world' Now, following his latest find, he is urging fellow taxi drivers to do the same if they find themselves in the same situation. Mohammed said: 'At the end of the day honesty is the best policy. There are some drivers who don't return things but what is the point? 'If the council had not have called me and no-one had have claimed it after 12 or 24 hours I would have taken that bag straight to the police station. 'Mobile phones are the most common thing left behind but most of them now can be traced anyway. 'My message is to encourage all my taxi driving brothers that if they find something valuable just give it back.'
target: Mohammed Nisar had been taking Adrian Quinn to Walsall train station .
  Mr Quinn was carrying hefty sum as he'd just cashed inheritance cheque .
  After realising he'd lost the money says he 'felt physically sick' and 'dazed'
  Sole trader Mr Quinn gave cabbie a cash reward and invited him to dinner .