Man Sentenced for $22M Gold Heist

0:00It's April 9th, I'm Corey with The Story. This is Canada News Today, driven by AI. A 43-year-old man just got hit with a four-year prison sentence for his part in the massive gold heist at Toronto's Pearson Airport back in. 20-23 Arsalan Shoudari played a key role in stealing $22 million worth of gold, the biggest such theft in Canadian history. He got sentenced this week in a Brampton courtroom after turning himself in earlier this year. Shoudari flew in from Dubai in January where peel police nabbed him right away on charges like theft over $5,000 possessing stolen goods and conspiracy. The judge knocked off 174 days from his time for pretrial custody under rough conditions even though he only served 87 days straight. This heist involved two crews, one with air-Canada workers inside the airport and outsiders like Chaudhary handling the rest. Folks are stunned at how insiders allegedly made it possible, shaking trust in airport

1:00security and costing airlines big time in lost cargo ops. Crown prosecutors push for seven years calling him the main planner who sold off the gold and moved it out of Canada. Court docs paint him as the top dog, even arranging flights for other suspects, post-ticed. He also faces a hefty restitution order tied to that $22 million haul. The seven other arrests are ready and probes still rolling into India and the US. This saga shows no signs of wrapping up soon. Expect more fallout as. The full network unravels.