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The $24M Pearson gold heist was the stuff of a wild caper movie. After two years, here’s what we know about the fate of the accused – and the bullion

Two years have passed since sweaty, visibly shaking Air Canada manager Simran Preet Panesar gave Peel Regional Police a tour of the site of Canada’s largest ever gold heist — a hangar outside Pearson International Airport.

The warehouse manager led investigators to the spot where a white truck pulled up on the afternoon of April 17, 2023, and a man stepped out to present a doctored document.

The document, for frozen seafood that had already been collected, was quickly approved.

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