The nine accused of the theft are: An Air Canada employee and police representatives said during a press conference that it was the involvement of employees of this Canadian airline that made possible the largest gold theft in Canadian history. One of the perpetrators was arrested in the United States of America, and three people are still wanted and have arrest warrants issued against them.
6,600 gold bars disappeared from the airport
April 17 of last year, 6,600 gold bars worth about 20 million Canadian dollars (Canadian dollars – editor) and about 2.5 million Canadian dollars in cash in various currencies disappeared from the Air Canada warehouse. This transport had arrived earlier from Zurich. The company, which was responsible for further transportation within Canada, realized that the theft had occurred when its employee showed up at the airport to pick up the gold. Air Canada employees attempted to locate the container containing the gold and notified police at 3 a.m. the next morning.
According to police findings, an Air Canada employee, using forged shipping documents that were a duplicate of the seafood delivery documents from the previous day, entered the warehouse, loaded gold and money into a delivery vehicle, and then left the airport, media reported. mentioned. The driver has been with us since September last year. In custody in the United States of America.
The investigation continued for a year, and the American side also participated in it, as it turned out that the criminals were preparing to smuggle large quantities of weapons into Canada from the United States of America.
So far, the police have recovered PLN 434,000. CAD, investigators believe this is money from the sale of some gold bullion. Gold smelting equipment and six gold bracelets were also found.
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