Police are investigating the theft of a “high value container” carrying gold and other valuable items worth an estimated $20 million from Toronto’s Pearson Airport.
The container arrived on a plane early Monday evening, Insp. Stephen Duivesteyn, spokesperson for Peel Regional Police, told reporters at a news conference on Thursday.
Duivesteyn did not name the airline and declined to say where the plane arrived from, adding it could jeopardize the investigation.
He did say the plane was unloaded according to normal procedure and its cargo taken to an airport holding facility before it was “removed by illegal means.”
The theft was reported shortly after it was discovered, he said. No one
