Peel Regional Police say six people have been arrested, with arrest warrants on another three, in connection with the largest gold heist in Canadian history at Toronto Pearson airport last year.

In a press conference on Wednesday, Det. Sgt. Mike Mavity said 6,600 gold bars weighing over 400 kilograms and valued at over $20 million dollars were stolen from Toronto Pearson International Airport. There was also cash stolen valued at $2.5 million.

Mavity said the gold and currency was ordered from a refinery in Zurich, Switzerland and then transported in a container through an Air Canada flight that landed in Toronto.

That flight landed exactly one year ago on April 17, 2023 at 3:56 p.m. The cargo was then offloaded from the plane to an Air Canada cargo facility a couple of hours later at 6:32 p.m., Mavity said. The suspect arrived at the facility with a “fraudulent airway bill” and gave it to an attendant, Mavity alleged.

Around 9:30 p.m. that same night, Brink’s Canada employees went to the Air Canada cargo site to pick up the shipment of gold and currency that had already been taken, Mavity said. Police were contacted the following day and an investigation launched, he said.

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