Air Canada Staff Are Suspects in Heist of 6,600 Gold Bars (1)

Police named two Air Canada employees among the suspects in the theft of millions of dollars in gold from a cargo facility at the country’s busiest airport, in what’s been dubbed Canada’s largest-ever gold heist.

Police in Peel Region, a Toronto suburb, identified nine men they believe were involved in the crime; they’ve arrested five and issued nationwide warrants for three others. The ninth person, the alleged driver of a five-ton truck that hauled away the gold and banknotes, is in US custody on firearms trafficking charges, a police detective said.

One of the Air Canada employees, a ...