In one of the largest heists in Canadian history, thieves stole $14.8 million in gold and other valuables that were being stored overnight in a cargo facility at the Toronto airport Monday night, police acknowledged Thursday.
According to the BBC, the secure cargo carrier arrived at the airport Monday and was moved to a cargo storage facility. Officials believe the robbery happened overnight as it was awaiting shipment. Toronto’s airport is used as a transport site for gold mined throughout the province. Police believe the heist was connected to local organized crime.
In the most Canadian crime possible, the largest robbery in the history of Canada is the 2011 and 2012 Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, the very slow theft of 3,000 tons of tree blood worth more than $18 million from the Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve in Quebec, depleting the entire nation’s reserve by one-eighth. And yes, that is actually a thing.