Silver heist mystery continues after empty shipping container found

A shipping container stolen from Montreal's port this weekmay have been found in Repentigny, Que. but the $10 million in silver inside of it at the time of the heist is nowhere to be found.

TheMaerskcontainer lifted from the port was found on Saturday afternoon on St-Paul Street in Repentigny, a small cityjust off the northeast tip of the island of Montreal.

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It appears to have been detached from the semi-trailer also stolen that was carrying it, and left on the side of a residential street.

The brazen heist began on Wednesday, when one or more individuals stole a semi-trailer from Montreal's west end, drove it to the Port of Montreal, loaded a shipping container carrying 16 tonnes of silver onto it and then took off.

Police are still looking for the truck, awhite 1997Freightlinerwith the licence plateL548854.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at514-393-1133.