davieG Posted 1 December 2016 Share Posted 1 December 2016 Police are looking for a thief who managed to carry an 86lb (36kg) bucket of gold flakes worth $1.6m (£1.2m) off a truck in New York. Surveillance video showed the theft happened in just 20 seconds while the armoured truck was briefly unattended. The man struggled to carry the gold, taking an hour to lug his loot on a usually 10-minute walk, footage showed. Authorities believe the man is hiding out in Florida's Orlando or Miami area, but he is still at large. Image copyrightNBC "I think he just saw an opportunity, took the pail and walked off," said NYPD Detective Martin Pastor, adding he believed the man had no idea what the bucket contained. The gold was in an unmarked, sealed black metal bucket containing millions, police said. The suspect appeared to be loitering near the truck in busy Midtown Manhattan on 29 September when one of the guards left the truck to make a delivery. A second guard stepped away to grab his mobile phone from the front seat of the truck when the thief seized the moment and made off with the bucket down West 48th Street. The man is then seen on video carrying the five-gallon pail through the crowded streets of Manhattan, pausing to catch his breath from the weight of the gold, before he disappeared. Police described the suspect as a Hispanic male, about 5ft 6in tall, 150lb and between 50 and 60 years old. Video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38164590 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 1 December 2016 Share Posted 1 December 2016 Good luck trying to fence that for anything near its real value. Odds on he's in the clink before Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Bentley Posted 1 December 2016 Share Posted 1 December 2016 Saw this....more than 6 stone in weight. No wonder it took him (5ft6, 150lb, age 50-60) an hour to do a ten-minute journey! Makes you wonder why they didn't find him if he was within 10 minutes of the van for an hour, heaving a large bucket of gold flakes up the street! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted 1 December 2016 Share Posted 1 December 2016 That's a lot of breakfast cereal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Bentley Posted 1 December 2016 Share Posted 1 December 2016 8 minutes ago, Tuna said: That's a lot of breakfast cereal. Mmm! Klondike Pete's Golden Nuggets - I loved them as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy boxing Posted 1 December 2016 Share Posted 1 December 2016 he got away with a bucket load then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoareyaaa Posted 1 December 2016 Share Posted 1 December 2016 melt it all into one, sell for a nice price, go live on a Island somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest seanfox778 Posted 1 December 2016 Share Posted 1 December 2016 Haha I'd love to be able to know his next move, even if he melts it down, who do you sell it to? I doubt Cash For Gold would give you more than a tenner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 1 December 2016 Share Posted 1 December 2016 3 hours ago, seanfox778 said: Haha I'd love to be able to know his next move, even if he melts it down, who do you sell it to? I doubt Cash For Gold would give you more than a tenner. Was pretty much my point above. Any idiot can nick something, but actually getting value for it without getting your collar felt takes a better class of crook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 1 December 2016 Share Posted 1 December 2016 If he only gets $100k for it he'll still be better off than he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemunky Posted 2 December 2016 Share Posted 2 December 2016 I watched the video. How do you leave that unguarded for one second, let alone for as long as it took that guy to finally decide to just grab it and run? lol. I hope he gets away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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