Nine people charged in the theft include: An Air Canada employee and police representatives said during a press conference that the involvement of employees of the Canadian airline enabled the biggest gold heist in Canadian history. One of the accused has been arrested in the US, while three others are still wanted and arrest warrants have been issued for them.
6,600 gold bars disappeared from the airport
On April 17 last year, 6,600 gold bars worth approximately CAD 20 million (Canadian dollars – ed.) and approximately CAD 2.5 million in cash in various currencies went missing from an Air Canada warehouse. This transport arrived earlier from Zurich. The company responsible for onward transport into Canada realized the theft when its employee arrived at the airport to collect the gold. Air Canada employees tried to find the container containing the gold and alerted the police at 3 a.m. the next morning.
According to police findings, an Air Canada employee used forged shipping documents that were copies of documents for a previous day's seafood delivery, entered the warehouse, loaded the gold and cash into a delivery vehicle, and then left the airport. reported. The driver has been with us since September last year. Custody in the US.
The investigation lasted for a year, and the American side also participated in it, because the criminals were preparing to smuggle large quantities of weapons from the United States to Canada.
Police have recovered PLN 434,000 so far. Analysts at CAD believe that this is money from the sale of some gold bars. Gold smelting tools and six gold bangles were found.