Key figure in Pearson gold heist tells trial kidnappers took his money in Pakistan
A man who admitted his role in the massive gold heist at Toronto's Pearson airport is testifying today at the trial of another man accused in the case.
Arsalan Chaudhary was sentenced this spring to four years in prison after pleading guilty to theft over $5,000, and he was given 40 years to pay back $22 million in restitution.
He is taking the stand in the trial of Parmpal Sidhu, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of theft over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence in the 2023 heist.
Prosecutors allege that Sidhu, an Air Canada employee at the time, provided a doctored waybill that allowed another man to pick up more than $22 million in gold and currency from a Pearson airport cargo bay in what investigators have called one of the largest gold heists in Canadian history.
Peel regional police have said 6,600 gold bars weighing more than 400 kilograms were stolen from the airport on April 17, 2023.
Sidhu's trial is taking place in Brampton, Ont.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct.
13, 2026.
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