Gold Heist at Canada’s Biggest Airport Is Probed by Police

  • Cargo container with C$20 million in gold, valuables was taken
  • Ontario gold often transits through Pearson International

Travelers pass through Pearson International Airport in Toronto earlier this year.

Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg
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Canada’s national police force is investigating a heist at the country’s busiest airport that may have netted thieves millions of dollars in gold and other valuables.

Peel Regional Police said a container with more than C$20 million ($14.8 million) in gold and other items was taken from a cargo holding area at Pearson International Airport, just outside Toronto. The plane carrying the cargo landed there Monday, police said.