Nine men — including two Air Canada employees — are facing charges for allegedly stealing $14.5 million in gold in a “sensational” heist worthy of a “Netflix series” at a Canadian airport.
Peel Regional Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of five men and the warrants for four others on the one-year anniversary of the caper at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
The whopping amount of loot was stolen from a shipping container at the airport in what’s considered the largest gold theft in Canadian history.
“This story is a sensational one and one which probably, we jokingly say, belongs in a Netflix series,” Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said at a press conference, according to City News Toronto.
Two of the nine suspects — Simran Preet Panesar, 31, and 54-year-old Parmpal Sidhu — worked for Air Canada.
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