Airline worker among six arrested in $25 million airport gold heist. Police say it was an inside job
Six people have been arrested in last year's multimillion-dollar gold heist at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, police in Canada and the US said on Wednesday.
Police have also issued arrest warrants for three others in what they described as an "inside job." All nine suspects have been charged with over 19 counts.
On April 17, 2023, an air cargo container carrying more than $22 million Canadian dollars' ($25 million) worth of gold bars and foreign currency was stolen from a secure storage facility using fake paperwork, police say.
The gold and currency had just arrived on an Air Canada flight from Zurich, Switzerland.
At least two former Air Canada employees allegedly helped in the audacious theft, police say. One is now in custody and an arrest warrant ...