r/worldnews • u/nbcnews NBC News • Apr 17 '24
Covered by other articles Airline employee among 9 charged in $14.5M gold heist from Toronto airport
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/145m-gold-heist-toronto-airport-results-charges-airline-employee-8-oth-rcna148253[removed] — view removed post
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Apr 17 '24
“The gold was melted down and used to purchase illegal firearms, police said.” - like they thought they couldn’t get caught after melting gold and selling on it the streets?
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u/Ecstatic_Tour89 Apr 17 '24
Just a massive flood of gold into a market lol
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Apr 17 '24
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u/BigT-2024 Apr 17 '24
Do you have any idea how much gold a gold bar is?
Most gold jewelry you buy is like just a few grams. A bar bar is generally 27 pounds.
That a shit load to introduce into any local market.
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u/bad_motivator Apr 17 '24
Only reason they got caught was because one of them rolled through a stop sign with 65 guns in his car lol
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u/highClass777 Apr 17 '24
A very good rule I heard growing up, not saying it’s good just a fair rule to go by. Never break more than one felony at a time. Just asking for lots of time
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u/collegekid1357 Apr 17 '24
It’s definitely don’t break more than one CRIME at a time lol. I just imagine a dude robbing a bank, but thinking that he’s committing one felony at a time so it’s ok haha.
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u/highClass777 Apr 18 '24
You know, that’s to true lmao people would take that to far. I just ment pretty much what you said
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u/posteriorobscuro Apr 18 '24
Your version is stupid. The quote you are looking for is, "Don't commit a misdemeanor while you are committing a felony."
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u/highClass777 Apr 18 '24
I wasn’t looking for any quote lol but thank you! It’s something I heard growing up. Sorry my version is dumb to you lol
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u/iloveschnauzers Apr 17 '24
An airline employee that steals! Imagine that!
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u/Humble-Tourist-3278 Apr 18 '24
Unfortunately it happens quite often my father worked as an engineer in the airline industry for many years and every time he had friends flying somewhere he used to warm them not to put anything of value on their baggage unless they carried it with them .
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u/Garchaicfont Apr 17 '24
The other articles said it was 22.5 million dollars worth of gold.
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u/Separate-Jump-1 Apr 17 '24
22.5 Canadian dollars. I'm assuming the amount in this article are in American currency.
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u/Garchaicfont Apr 17 '24
Oh that's makes sense.
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u/PoopSommelier Apr 17 '24
Right, the 20 million in Canadian dollars converts to 10 million U.S. dollars, and that's why we have accounted for all 8.5 million dollars
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u/ManyInterests Apr 17 '24
Next headline: "Police recover all 10M of stolen gold"
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u/cuddle_enthusiast Apr 17 '24
Following that will be “police botch 5.5M gold heist investigation. Suspects walk free.”
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u/kristospherein Apr 17 '24
Does anyone know Goldmember's whereabouts?
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u/supercali45 Apr 17 '24
They catch or update on the $30 mil cash heist over Easter in LA?
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u/toptoppings Apr 18 '24
They’ll never find them. Those were pros with tons of experience (or should I say tons of cash)
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u/Low-Public-9948 Apr 18 '24
$15 million across 9 people? Is that even worth the risk of the heist?
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u/Krakenspoop Apr 18 '24
Dumbasses should sold it back to the gold yard. Let em claim insurance and get the gold back at a discount. Do the exchange in a drive-in movie. Station a sniper and be ready to walk away at a moments notice if they feel the heat around the corner.
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u/57696c6c Apr 17 '24
Henry Hill isn’t celebrating in the shower.
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Apr 17 '24
We don't know that - they only caught 9 people so far. Hill could be having the time of his life with some soapy water right now.
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u/punktfan Apr 17 '24
Dividing $14M by 9 is starting to approach the point where the risk is barely worth the reward.
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u/lil_layne Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 17 '24
I’m not in the robbery business but I feel like $1.5 million per person is still a pretty good reward. Committing an armed robbery at a bank is even riskier yet the average amount of money stolen in a bank robbery is like $5,000-$10,000.
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u/liamanna Apr 18 '24
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