Toronto’s Pearson Airport, Canada’s largest, has reportedly been subjected to a heist in what could be the largest theft in the country’s history..Peel Regional Police have enlisted the help of the RCMP following the theft earlier this week in which 3,600 lbs of gold — valued at up to $100 million — was stolen..The airport is a key hub for transporting Ontario’s mined gold to customers around the world, and handles 45% of Canada’s airport cargo..According to the Toronto Sun, police believe the heist was performed by a local organized crime gang not dissimilar to The Italian Job movie..Such a quantity of gold would be transportable in a heavy-duty pickup truck, although it is not clear what vehicles, if any, were used in the theft..The Sun reports organized crime gangs may have had members employed at Pearson.. Toronto Pearson Airport .Although officials are not aware who stole the gold at this stage, they do not believe it was stolen to fund terrorism..Pearson is one of the world’s largest cargo airports, with 1.2 million square feet of warehouse space to handle more than one million metric tonnes of cargo to and from countries across the world..This is not the first time a major gold heist happened at Pearson. In 1952, six boxes of gold, valued at $3 million today, never made it to its intended destination in Montreal.
