The Stopwatch Gang was implicated in the 1974 robbery of gold bars from the Ottawa airport.
A member was also suspected in the 1990 Dorval robbery from a taxiing aircraft under charter by Brinks. The perimeter fence was crashed by a garbage truck and followed by two vans. Shortly before a diversionary pipe bomb had gone off some distance away.
Airplane Thieves Flee With $13.7 Million in Gold, Valuables