Man picks up bucket of gold from armored van, walks away

There are thieves who are surreptitious, then there are those so brazen that it leaves one wondering how they ever got away with their escapade. Case in point, a thief who was caught on a street surveillance camera in Manhattan, New York City. In the footage that was released by the city police, an armoured van is shown parked by a busy kerb with its rear doors open. During the time, one particular pedestrian is shown to make several passes, obviously scouting for an opportune moment to have a go at the van's contents.

After a few minutes of seemingly nonchalant observation, he simply walks up to the rear of the van, reaches in and pulls out what appears to be a bucket. In a single motion he swivels and walks off, merging into the teeming flow of a typical New York sidewalk. The entire event happened in seconds, leaving no time for the authorities to react at the time. The guard stationed at the rear of the van had apparently walked over to the front to retrieve his phone, leaving the contents of the back of the truck unattended for barely a minute.

Fleeting as it was, this wasn't any small-time robbery -- for his effort, the thief walked away with $1.2 million in gold biscuits, the authorities revealed.

The police has released a surveillance video of the event in the hope of nabbing the suspect. In the meanwhile, if a movie had to be made of this high-stakes heist, it would get over rather quickly.
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