Grinning from ear to ear, 90-year-old hawker Chan Tak-ching was pleasantly surprised by a Hong Kong court’s decision to return her decade-old cart, after a run-in with law enforcement officials three weeks ago left her stranded without her stall.

“Usually, you can’t get your cart back. I was surprised, it was due to [the press’] help that I could get it back,” Chan said on Thursday, a day after the court settlement.

Officers from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department told Chan that they had found a non-licensed person operating the roast chestnut stall on March 7. The cart and a 29-year-old man, who was manning it at the time, were taken away by authorities.