Thieves at Canada’s busiest airport made off with gold and other valuables estimated to be worth just over $20 million Canadian dollars, police said Thursday. No arrests have been made yet and an investigation is underway.
Thieves at Canada’s busiest airport made off with gold and other valuables estimated to be worth just over $20 million Canadian dollars , police said Thursday. No arrests have been made yet and an investigation is underway.The high-profile heist occurred after a flight carrying the cargo landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday evening, Peel Regional Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn told reporters.
Duivesteyn described the cargo as “regular aircraft container” size and declined to give details on where the plane came from. “This is an isolated incident,” he said, adding that the public should not be concerned. “This is very rare,” he said.A person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation, told The Washington Post that Air Canada had flown in the cargo and it was being held at a site managed by the carrier when it vanished.
Pearson airport declined to comment further on the matter, citing “an active police investigation” in an email.The airport heist could rival some of the more famous — and intriguing — thefts in Canadian history. Among them is the so-called18 million Canadian dollars — around $13.3 million — were secretly drained and replaced with water.
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