ED raids Canada gold heist accused’s residences in Mohali, Chandigarh

New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate on Friday raided the residences of Simran Preet Panesar, key suspect in Canada’s biggest-ever gold heist, at Sector 79 in Mohali and Sector 38 in Chandigarh, two days after the federal agency registered a money laundering case in the crime that took place on foreign soil. The Enforcement Directorate on Friday raided the residences of Simran Preet Panesar, key suspect in Canada’s biggest-ever gold heist, at Sector 79 in Mohali and Sector 38 in Chandigarh, two days after the federal agency registered a money laundering case in the crime that took place on foreign soil An official familiar with the development said: “Our team is conducting raids at Panesar’s residences in our money laundering probe.” The team on Friday questioned Panesar’s wife and seized documents pertaining to bank accounts and lockers. The probe agency, without any request from Canada, has suo motu registered an enforcement case information report under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act into a 22.5 million Canadian dollars heist from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in April 2023. The Peel Regional Police, which described the theft as the largest gold heist in Canada ever, charged Panesar and eight others in April 2024, and issued an arrest warrant against him.