Canada - Toronto LE search for suspects in theft of $11M pure silver bullions, stolen in Montreal

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Oct 26 2021
Toronto police search for suspects in theft of $11M worth of pure silver

Toronto police are searching for suspects in connection with the theft of $11M worth of pure silver. (Toronto Police Service handout)

Toronto police are searching for suspects in connection with the theft of $11M worth of pure silver. (Toronto Police Service handout)

Toronto police are searching for suspects in connection with the theft of $11M worth of pure silver. (Toronto Police Service handout)

''Toronto police are searching for suspects in connection with the theft of $11 million worth of pure silver that was stolen from a shipping container in Montreal last year.

According to police, the silver, which was in bullion form, was stolen from the shipping container in Jan. 2020 and of it has been partially recovered in Toronto, British Columbia, and Massachusetts.

“The original silver bars had several distinctive stamped markings including a serial number and ‘Korea Zinc,’” Toronto police said in a news release issued Tuesday.''

 

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Above: Rear of truck silver shipped in

Toronto Police Service :: News Release #51317
''Case #: 2021-1312126
The Toronto Police Service requests the public’s assistance identifying suspects involved in a Theft Over $5000 investigation.

It is reported:

- in January, 2020, approximately $11 million (USD) worth of pure silver, in bullion form, was stolen from a shipping container in Montreal, Quebec

- a partial recovery of the silver has been made in Toronto, British Columbia and Massachusetts, USA.

The original silver bars had several distinctive stamped markings including a serial number and “Korea Zinc”. Investigators believe that some of the silver was smelted into ingots for a better chance of avoiding suspicion when selling.

Investigators would like to speak to anyone who may have received these ingots or fears they may have received silver by-products from this stolen shipment. ''