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Police probe whether gold seized in Montreal is linked to Toronto heist
By Aaron Derfel
Montreal Gazette
Friday, December 22, 2023
Montreal and Toronto-area police are investigating whether the surprise seizure of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold during a firearms raid in the east end of the city on Tuesday is connected to last April's daring $20 million gold heist at Toronto's Pearson Airport, the Gazette has learned.
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"The investigative team assigned to this case is aware of the seizures in Montreal and is working with the lead investigators from the SPVM and respective policing partners in Quebec to determine if there is any connection with our investigation,” Tyler Bell-Morena, a spokesperson for the Peel Regional Police, said in an email this afternoon.
"There is no further update to provide as of yet."
In contrast, Montreal police were tight-lipped about their collaboration with their Ontario counterparts.
"In order not to interfere with the ongoing investigation, we cannot provide further information,” Mélanie Bergeron, a spokesperson of the Service de police de la ville de Montreal told the Gazette, declining to confirm or rule out a possible link.
On Tuesday Montreal police stumbled upon a huge cache of gold while carrying out what was intended to be a raid to seize illegal firearms. Police arrested seven people and grabbed nine firearms, a kilogram of cocaine, and a kilo and a half of methamphetamine. They also confiscated $500,000 in cash and "a large quantity of gold."
"The exact value of the precious metal seized has yet to be determined, but is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars,” the Montreal police said in a statement. ...
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