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A trial has started for Parmpal Sidhu, who is accused of participating in a major gold heist at Toronto’s Pearson airport in 2023. Sidhu faces charges of theft over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. The stolen goods included 6,600 gold bars weighing more than 400 kilograms with a value exceeding $20 million. Earlier this year, Arsalan Chaudhary admitted his involvement and was sentenced to four years in prison along with orders to pay back $22 million in restitution.
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A trial began on April 17, 2023, in Brampton, Ontario, for Parmpal Sidhu, who is accused of being involved in one of the largest gold heists in Canadian history. The theft occurred at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport and involved the theft of 6,600 gold bars weighing over 400 kilograms with a value exceeding $20 million USD. These gold bars and foreign currency were ordered from a refinery in Zurich, Switzerland, and transported on an Air Canada flight to Toronto before being offloaded at the airport. The prosecution recently dropped charges against two other men accused in the case: Ali Raza, a jeweller suspected of knowingly receiving stolen goods, and Amit Jalota. Meanwhile, Arsalan Chaudhary admitted his role and was sentenced to four years in prison with an order to pay back $22 million USD as restitution.
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A trial is set to begin today in Brampton, Ont., for a man accused in what investigators have called one of the largest gold heists in Canadian history.
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Parmpal Sidhu is charged with theft over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence in the 2023 heist that took place at Toronto’s Pearson airport.
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The trial comes soon after prosecutors dropped the charges against two other men accused in the case.
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Last month, the Crown withdrew charges against Ali Raza, a jeweller who had been accused of knowingly receiving some of the stolen gold, and Amit Jalota.
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Meanwhile, a man who admitted his role in the heist was sentenced this spring to four years in prison.
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Arsalan Chaudhary, who was arrested earlier in the year as he flew back from Dubai, pleaded guilty to theft over $5,000 and was given 40 years to pay back $22-million in restitution.
Peel regional police have said 6,600 gold bars weighing more than 400 kilograms were stolen from Pearson on April 17, 2023, and had a value of more than $20-million.
The stolen gold and foreign currency were ordered from a refinery in Zurich, Switzerland, and were transported in the hull of an Air Canada flight to Toronto, police said two years ago as they released more details of the investigation dubbed Project 24K.
The gold and currency were then offloaded and brought to an Air Canada cargo facility at the airport, police said.
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Later that day, a suspect presented a fraudulent airway bill to warehouse employees, who loaded the shipment onto his five-tonne truck, police alleged.
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Another man accused in the case, Archit Grover, is expected to face trial later this fall.
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