A group of robbers successfully seized a cargo container with gold and other valuables estimated to be worth just over $20million Canadian dollars (£12.3million), police confirmed.
The high-profile heist happened at Canada's busiest airport after a flight carrying the cargo landed at Toronto Pearson International on Monday evening, Peel Regional Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn told reporters.
After the plane was unloaded, the shipment was brought to a holding facility, from which it was removed “by illegal means”, he said.
