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.
The suspect is seen stealing a
bucket of gold.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.
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.
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