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In a year-end heist, thieves got their hands on $1 million worth of silver bullion, which disappeared from a truck traveling between Sydney and Melbourne in Australia. Police are appealing to the public for help, releasing the images of the silver bars. “Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives are appealing for information after silver bullion valued at $1 million was stolen from a truck traveling between Sydney and Melbourne,” the New South Wales Police Force said in a press release. The missing silver was reported when the truck arrived in Melbourne on November 29 after leaving New South Wales on...

A shipping container stolen from Montreal's port this week may have been found in Repentigny, Que. — but the $10 million in silver inside of it at the time of the heist is nowhere to be found. The Maersk container lifted from the port was found on Saturday afternoon on St-Paul Street in Repentigny, a small city just off the northeast tip of the island of Montreal. Search launched for semi-trailer after $10M in silver stolen from Port of Montreal It appears to have been detached from the semi-trailer — also stolen — that was carrying it, and left on...