Thieves flee an airport with £12,000,000 worth of gold and valuables in a 'movie-style' heist. Police are now investigating one of the biggest heists in Canadian history.
Previously, the country’s most valuable heist was a huge criminal operation carried out over several months in 2011 and 2012 to steal maple syrup worth more than £11,000,000 .
Thieves managed to syphon 3,000 tonnes of syrup from barrels at a storage facility in Quebec and replace it with water in a huge case dubbed The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. Peel Regional Police is leading the airport heist probe and inspector Stephen Duivesteyn said yesterday: ‘Once this cargo was offloaded at a holding facility, subsequent to its arrival, this high-value container was removed by illegal means.’More than £12,000,000-worth of gold and valuables was stolen A spokesman said: ‘The GTAA wishes to clarify that thieves accessed the public side of a warehouse that is leased to a third party, outside of our primary security line.
‘This did not involve access to Toronto Pearson itself and did not pose a threat to passengers or GTAA staff.’ Mr Duivesteyn did not confirm where the aircraft carrying the cargo had come from or where it was heading, but said police are investigating “all avenues”,Thieves reportedly accessed the holding facility via the public side of a warehouse He said: ‘Our goal is to solve this theft, I cannot provide exact details. What I can say is we feel this to be an isolated incident.‘We do not consider this a threat to public safety.
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