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A Diverse Gold Heist in Canada
Durante King-McLean, one of the men charged in the heist, and the only one with a Canadian-sounding name. (Photo from the Peel Regional Police website.)
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A news conference held on April 17 provided an update on the largest gold theft in Canadian history. A shipment of gold had arrived from Zurich, Switzerland exactly a year before and was then offloaded at Pearson International Airport, but then disappeared. Where could it have gone? The situation is unprecedented.
According to the Peel Regional Police (PRP), on April 17, 2023 a flight from Zurich landed at Pearson that was carrying a veritable fortune comprising 6,600 bars of .9999% pure gold, worth $20 million, along with a further $2.5 million in foreign currency. The shipment was offloaded shortly thereafter and stored at another location within the airport. That very night, the gold shipment was reported missing. A surveillance video released by the PRP shows a forklift loading the palette of valuable cargo onto a getaway truck, while another shows the route the driver took to escape with all of that ill-gotten boodle.
This melodrama began when two Swiss companies — Valcambi SA, a precious metals refinery company, and Raiffeisen Schweiz, a retail bank — hired Brink’s to provide security and logistics for the Canada-bound gold shipment. Brink’s in turn hired Air Canada to transport the gold and other valuables from Switzerland to Toronto. The gold was destined for the Toronto-Dominion Bank, and the cash was destined for the Vancouver Bullion and Currency Exchange.
Aside from the Great Maple Syrup Heist of 2011-2012, which saw the pilfering of the country’s strategic maple syrup reserve, nothing in Canada had ever gone missing before. Thanks to Justin Trudeau’s efforts we live in a country devoid of crime, because Canada is a utopian trust-based society where millions of immigrants who have been let into our country integrate seamlessly. It’s all because of the magic of our wonderful cloud cuckoo land soil and magical welfare beans.
Seriously, though, what did Trudeau have to say about this gold heist? Ordinarily he likes to open his moronic yapper whatever the issue, but this time he was strangely mum. Maybe that’s because all of the alleged perpetrators of this gold heist are from the furthest reaches of the world, but even putting the theft aside, they ought to be incarcerated simply for being some of the ugliest people on the face of the planet. If you didn’t see their photos and were to rely solely on the descriptions of them offered in the mainstream media’s reports on this incident, you would assume that men from Ontario are a crooked lot. You would indeed believe that all Canadians, generally speaking, are criminals. One glance at these men shows otherwise, however: They are not white and they’re as foreign as foreign gets. Their bestial faces indeed menace the viewer with malevolent intent.
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If you really want to waste an hour of your life, please watch the entire press conference that was held by the Peel Regional Police regarding the affair, where the officers were accompanied by a bunch of politicos as well as some American guests from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — commonly referred to as the ATF.
Let us have a look at the fine fellows who were charged in this brazen heist. It’s always important to use the word “brazen” even though it would be more apt to use a word such as “predictable,” or even a hyphenated compound such as cultural-enrichment-affirmation, to describe such a robbery. It was bound to happen, because almost all of these miscreants look like South Asian gangsters.
Without further ado, here are the five gentlemen who have been arrested and charged for the gold robbery. First off is Parmpal Sidhu, 54, from Brampton, Ontario, an Air Canada employee. He is charged with Theft Over $5,000 and Conspiracy to Commit Indictable Offence. Next is Amit Jalota, 40, from Oakville, Ontario. He’s charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime (X2), Theft Over $5,000, and Conspiracy to Commit Indictable Offence. Ammad Chaudhary, 43, from Georgetown, Ontario was charged with Accessory After the Fact of Indictable Offence. Ali Raza, 37, from Toronto, is charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime. Prasath Paramalingam, 35, from Brampton is charged with Accessory After the Fact of Indictable Offence, Firearms Trafficking, Aiding and Abetting, and Conspiracy (US indictment charges).
Despite the effort and expense to track these miscreants down, in typical Canadian fashion under the Trudeau regime, they were immediately released on bail: “These individuals have been released on conditions and will appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton at a later date.”
There are a few other fellows still on the lam, however, and they’re hiding out in the gigantic wilderness that is Canada. Or more realistically, they’re probably holed up in a basement in some ethnic enclave in Brampton. They are undoubtedly peeing into mason jars and watching Howard Hughes movies while waiting for the whole gold thing to blow over. Canada-wide warrants have been issued for these three wayward fellows: Simran Preet Panesar, 31, from Brampton, a former Air Canada employee, who was employed by them at the time of the theft; Archit Grover, 36, also from Brampton; and Arsalan Chaudhary, 42, from Mississauga.
The only Canadian-sounding name in the whole bunch belongs to Durante King-McLean, a 25-year-old man from Brampton — our getaway truck driver, and who is black as pitch with cornrows. King-McLean was arrested in the United States for trafficking illegal firearms. It is interesting to note that guns are indeed a related component part of this wicked heist o’ plenty. A warrant has been issued for King-McLean for Theft Over $5,000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime. He is currently in custody in the US on charges related to firearms trafficking.
I thought it would be amusing to take a look at Air Canada’s diversity statement, just for fun. Air Canada is also likewise keen to share its love of diversity when it comes to its high-salaried board members. It is naturally taken as a given that all of their board members must be as diverse as possible:
The Board of Directors is committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance in all aspects of Air Canada’s business and affairs, and recognizes the benefits of fostering greater diversity and inclusion, both in the boardroom and within our workforce in Canada and around the world. The Board of Directors believes that a diversity of perspectives maximizes the effectiveness of the Board and decision-making in the best interests of the Corporation.
It is simply common sense for an internationally-renowned carrier to have employees who may as well be picking opium poppies in Afghanistan, just to be sure. The best available talent for robbery these days is usually found overseas, after all.
Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada, had this to say about how important it is to have a diverse workforce, even if they may sometimes want to pull off gold heists:
Promoting diversity, equity and inclusion is not only the right thing to do, it is also essential for any organization that wants to attract and retain the best available talent. For an expanding global carrier such as Air Canada, it is also vital that our diverse customer base sees itself reflected in our workforce and diversity also enables us to better accommodate our customers’ varied needs and expectations.
What have we learned from this high-profile theft? I think it is safe to say that opening our borders to non-white criminal mafias is a bad idea. It also reminds us that our countries would be immeasurably safer and more productive if we did not have to spend thousands of man-hours chasing down criminals only to have them released on bail the following afternoon. These thefts will continue until corporations and governments finally admit that diversity is not our strength.
