Air Canada Employee Arrested Over $15 Million Airport Gold Heist

Exactly a year after 6,600 bars of 99.99-percent pure gold were reported missing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Peel Regional Police has announced multiple arrests in connection with the brazen heist seemingly ripped straight from the silver screen. Law enforcement claims two Air Canada employees were involved in the $15 million gold theft. Despite the charges levied, only $65,000 in gold has been recovered.

In April 2023, a flight from Zurich, Switzerland, landed at Pearson Airport carrying 880 pounds of gold and $1.8 million in foreign currency. The valuable cargo was removed from the plane and transferred to a different part of the airport. Ten hours later, the airline reported the cargo missing to the police.