The largest gold heist in Canadian history was carried out with remarkable ease: A fraudulent shipping document for a load of farm-raised Scottish salmon was used to brazenly snatch $14.5 million in gold bars and nearly $2 million in bank notes
I enjoyed this overview in podcast form: https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2024/04/19/how-the-cops-cracked-the-24m-pearson-gold-heist/
It almost plays out like a movie, I was thinking Italian job.
Tbh though I hope these guys get tracked down especially for using the gold/money to buy and bring guns over the boarder.
Yeah, I’m curious about the gun running. Apparently it’s an unrelated crime. But still.
Sounds like authorities had a pretty good suspicion who was involved for a long time before they could prove anything. I wonder how they developed their leads.