# Mysterious calls before $22M gold heist

> Worker at Toronto airport gold heist warehouse received two mysterious calls days before $22M theft.
- Title: Mysterious calls before $22M gold heist · Nationalpost
- Summary: Worker at Toronto airport gold heist warehouse received two mysterious calls days before $22M theft. A worker at Toronto Pearson airport’s cargo warehouse…
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- Source: Nationalpost — https://nationalpost.com/news/gold-heist-pearson-airport-trial
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- Topics: toronto, pearson airport, air canada, gold heist, parmpal sidhu, vatsal vaid, katlyn international, 2023, cargos, heist, news, politics
## Mysterious phone calls
A worker at Toronto Pearson airport received two mysterious phone calls shortly before $22 million in gold and cash was stolen.
## Worker testifies at trial
Vatsal Vaid, a 27-year-old controls technologist at Air Canada’s cargo warehouse, testified about moving gold crates without suspicion.
## Gold heist details
The stolen gold and cash were moved unknowingly by workers using automated systems until Brink’s guards arrived hours later.
## System operation
Vaid worked in Air Canada’s Hub Operations Control Centre managing cargo movement with third-party contractor Katlyn International.
## System function
The automated system moved cargo without issues until technical problems required Vaid’s intervention.

> They would reach out to me if there’s any technical problem, otherwise, everything worked automatically most of the times
## Heist consequence
The gold heist was discovered hours after the theft when Brink’s guards couldn’t find the stolen cargo.
## Key takeaway

A worker at Toronto Pearson airport’s cargo warehouse received two mysterious phone calls shortly before $22 million in gold and cash was stolen from the facility on April 17, 2023.