The Canadian Police announced this Thursday the arrest of a person in connection with the theft of more than 6,000 gold bars and foreign currency worth 24 million Canadian dollars (16.3 million euros), which occurred in 2023, at the airport of toronto.
The detainee has been identified as Archit Grover, 36 years oldwho was arrested on May 6 after returning to Canada from India.
Is he seventh arrest that the Canadian Police announced in recent weeks for the million-dollar theft of gold bars (weighing more than 400 kilograms) and several million in foreign currency that were transported by air from Switzerland.
The biggest robbery in Canadian history
In mid-April, the Police announced the arrest of six other people involved in the theft, considered the largest gold robbery in the history of Canada.
The authorities continue to the search for two other suspects. One of them is a former employee of the airline Air Canada, which was in charge of transporting gold bars and currencies.
Air Canada personnel were key in the theft. The investigation revealed the alleged participation of at least two airline workers in the criminal plan that allowed the group of assailants to enter a security warehouse using false documentation. Once inside, they seized a container full of gold and currency transported on an Air Canada flight from Zurich, Switzerland.
Peel Regional Police Sergeant Mike Mavity describes the robbery as an “inside job” in which the collaboration of airline workers was essential.
The investigation included the participation of the Pennsylvania division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which identified a Canadian driver, arrested in the northeastern US state in September 2023, as the person responsible for the theft of the gold container. The individual, illegally in the United States, was arrested when he was discovered with weapons in a rental car.
Until now, Only a portion of the stolen gold and money could be recovered.. In a search in the province of Ontario, authorities found five cast gold bracelets valued at approximately $90,000. However, it is estimated that the majority of the loot remains in the hands of criminals. Investigators believe that those responsible for the coup have melted the gold bars to finance the purchase of weapons.
