TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Two Japanese tourists traveling in Yilan on Saturday (Feb. 11) who ran out of Taiwan dollars got help from a police officer, who exchanged currency for them, so they could continue to enjoy their trip.

At around noon on Saturday, a Japanese couple came to the Gongjheng Police Station of the Yilan County Police Bureau’s Luodong Precinct, asking for help, CNA reported. They told the officers at the station that they had run out of Taiwan dollars and had no place to change their Japanese yen because banks were closed on weekends.

Police officer Shen Po-hao (沈柏豪) said in an interview on Monday that he first searched online and found that people needing currency exchange on Saturdays would have to go to Taipei to get it done.

Upon approval from his supervisor, Shen exchanged NT$5,000 (US$165) of his money with the couple for 22,000 Japanese Yen based on the exchange rate at the time.

Shen said that he actually planned to travel to Japan and would need Japanese Yen, so he made the exchange with the couple, which let them continue to enjoy their trip in Yilan, per CNA.