Six arrested, 3 sought in Canada's 'largest gold heist' | REUTERS

it's being called the biggest gold heist in Canadian history authorities there and in the US said Wednesday 6 people were arrested and three more are still being sought after $16 Million worth of golden currency were stolen from cargo arriving from overseas our investigation involves a stolen quantity of gold and foreign currency that were ordered from a refinery in Zurich Switzerland the gold and currency were transported in the hull of an Air Canada flight and improved air line container destined for Toronto this flight arrived at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on April 17th 2023 at 3:56 p.m. shortly after the Gold and currency were offloaded from the aircraft and brought into Air Canada cargo facility at 6:32 p.m. the suspect arrived at Air Canada cargo driving a 5-ton truck the suspect reversed his vehicle to a loading dock and exited the truck the suspect was carrying a fraudulent airway bill as he approached the warehouse Regional Police in Ontario named nine suspects and say they face 19 charges at least two were Air Canada employees five suspects were arrested in the country and released on bail while one suspect was arrested in Pennsylvania with firearms and remains in US custody police have issued Canada wide a warrants for the other three Air Canada suspended one employee charged them the theft while another had already left the airline before the charges were announced the authorities found more than 2 pounds of gold and approximately $315,000 worth of Canadian currency they also found more than 60 Firearms believed to have been bought with the stolen money following the heist of Miami based transport and security services provider Brinks sued Air Canada in October alleging negligence and carelessness Brinks had been hired by Swiss bank R feice andice and Precious Metals refining company Val cambi to move the valuables from Zurich to Toronto

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Published: Thu Apr 18 2024