A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to four years in prison in connection to the multi-million-dollar gold heist at Pearson airport in 2023. Arsalan Chaudhary was sentenced on Wednesday at a Brampton courthouse, said his lawyer Harval Bassi to CBC News Thursday. On Wednesday, Judge Shannon McPherson of the Ontario Court of Justice sentenced Chaudhary to four years in prison minus 174 days for time already served during pre-trial custody. WATCH | Details behind Chaudhary's arrest in January: New charges laid in Toronto airport gold heist investigation | Duration 2:15 Peel police say they've made another arrest in connection with the 2023 gold heist at Toronto's Pearson airport, the largest gold heist in Canadian history. Chaudhary planned heist, sold gold: Crown documentsPolice have called the Pearson incident the largest gold heist in Canadian history, and seven other suspects have been arrested in connection with the case.
Source: CBC News April 10, 2026 12:37 UTC