WANTED: Male Hispanic 5’6”, 150lbs, 50-60y/o for burglary in Midtown Man. Took 5 gallon pail containing gold worth $1.6mil. Call #800577TIPS pic.twitter.com/JuFNYA9hRL
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) November 30, 2016
The search is on in New York for a man who took off with one heck of a loot.
Surveillance video from September 29 shows the man grab a bucket from the back of an armoured truck. Inside: $1.6 million worth of gold flakes.
No one around seemed to suspect anything suspicious as the thief made his way through midtown Manhattan. The weight of his prize did seem to wear on the robber. Video shows him putting the five gallon bucket down for a moment, then straining as he picked it up again.
According to 1010 WINS in New York, the NYPD says what would normally be a 10-minute walk took the man more than an hour with his precious carry-along.