Canada’s Largest Gold Heist: 400 kg Stolen from Toronto Airport, Key Accused Simran Preet Panesar Traced to Chandigarh

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:26pm on 15 Jan 2026,Thursday International

Three years after what is believed to be Canada’s largest gold heist — the disappearance of 400 kg (about 6,600 bars) of .9999-pure gold and C$2.5 million in cash from Toronto Pearson International Airport in April 2023 — investigators are closing in on a key suspect. Peel Regional Police have arrested one accused, Arsalan Chaudhary, at Toronto airport, and charged him in the cross-border probe dubbed Project 24K. Canadian authorities have issued a warrant and extradition request for Simran Preet Panesar, a former Air Canada manager who was found living near Chandigarh with his family. (PC: HT)

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