Archit Grover is the seventh man charged in Canada’s largest gold heist.
Where did the more than 6,000 almost-pure gold bars and cash disappear too.
Canada’s largest gold and cash heist at Pearson Airport worth more than $20 million is still being talked about.
A seventh man has been charged by Peel Regional Airport as he stepped off a flight on May 8 at Pearson.
Archit Grover, 36, of Brampton, was charged with theft over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
Six people from the GTA has been rounded up in connection with the April 2023 heist of 6,600 almost pure gold bars and $2.5 million in cash that had arrived on an Air Canada from Switzerland.
Some of the suspects rounded up by Peel Regional Police in the huge gold and cash heist. Only one of 6,600 gold bar was found.
The inside job involved an Air Canada manager and warehouse worker.
Peel Police Chief said the crooks used a phony Air Canada waybill to retrieve the gold from an airline warehouse.
It took detectives a year to track, through the use of security video from area businesses and homes, a white five-ton truck filled with gold as it travelled through Mississauga and Brampton.
Police said nearly all the $20 million in gold bricks were melted and believed to be resold for sale to a slew of jewelry stores.
Only one bar, worth about $100,000, was recovered. Police believe most of the gold is gone.
Container with 6,600 gold bars and $2.5 in U.S. currency being loaded in getaway truck.
Police have identified nine individuals connected with the heist. Those identified were arrested or had warrants issued for their arrest, with more than 19 charges between them. Most have been released on bail.
Those arrested so far include Parmpal Sidhu, Amit Jalota, Ammad Chaudhary, Ali Raza, and Prasath Paramalingam. Durante King-Mclean is currently in custody in the U.S.
A major break in the investigation came last fall, when U.S. authorities in Pennsylvania pulled over King-Mclean who was allegedly driving a rented vehicle with 65 illegal firearms.
Police believe the driver purchased the firearms with proceeds from the gold heist and had intended them for sale on the black market in Canada.
Two suspects remain on the loose and are wanted on Canada-wide warrants. They are Simran Preet Panesar, 31, of Brampton and Arsalan Chaudhary, 42, of no fixed address.