Suspect in Pearson Gold Heist Handed 13-Year US Prison Term for Arms Trafficking

Durante King Mclean, who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in connection with the 2023 Pearson gold heist, has been sentenced to 13 years in a U.S. federal prison on gun smuggling charges. Peel Police photo

One of the suspects in the $20 million Toronto Pearson airport gold heist has received a 13-year sentence in a federal prison in the United States for attempting to smuggle guns across the border into Canada.

Cambridge, Ont., resident Durante King-Mclean, 27, pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to traffic firearms, the United States Attorney’s Office said in a press release this week.