C$22m stolen from cargo terminal at Toronto airport

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By Alex Lennane

21/04/2023

The search is under way for possible criminal airport insiders at a Toronto cargo terminal, following a major heist at Pearson Airport this week. The Toronto Sun reports a shipment was stolen after its arrival, on an Air Canada aircraft, on Monday. Some C$22m in gold and banknotes in one ULD was stolen from the cargo facility, apparently Cargo East. It was part of an intra-bank transfer of some $140m.

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