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TWO TONS of gold worth £80million from Toronto Airport in one of the world’s biggest ever heists
The US Sun ^ | 20 Apr 2023 | Olivia Burke

Posted on 04/20/2023 4:11:37 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

BANDITS have stolen almost two tons of gold worth a whopping £80million from an airport in one of the world's biggest-ever heists.

The gold, which was being held in a secure facility, was in the process of being moved through Toronto Pearson International Airport.

But crafty crooks somehow managed to intercept the swag that weighed a hulking 1,630kg.

The airport is often relied on to transport gold that has been mined in Ontario to bling lovers around the world.

Police are now desperately searching for the masterminds behind the extraordinary heist.

(Excerpt) Read more at the-sun.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Travel
KEYWORDS: airport; bandits; crime; gold; heist; secure; securefacility; theft; toronto
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To: DUMBGRUNT

If reporters are too lazy to convert kilograms into pounds, then journalism really is dead.


81 posted on 04/20/2023 7:19:05 PM PDT by x
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To: DUMBGRUNT
The gold, which was being held in a secure facility

Evidently, not actually a very “secure” facility.

82 posted on 04/20/2023 7:48:41 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: Sicon

Oh, they snagged it while it was being moved. Ok, so the facility was presumably secure.


83 posted on 04/20/2023 7:49:53 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“You do not expect me talk? No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.”


84 posted on 04/20/2023 8:03:43 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-roughneck-oil field trash- drilling fluid tech-geologist-pilot- pharmacist)
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To: Sicon

—”Evidently, not actually a very “secure” facility.”

Well, we should not prejudge, this is the first time it ever happened.

Maybe cut them some slack.
It may have been opening day for moose season or something.


85 posted on 04/20/2023 8:45:31 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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