Watch this man steal $1.6 million worth of gold in the middle of Manhattan

This man makes stealing millions look easy.

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published 30 November 2016

Police are searching for a man who swiped $1.6 million worth of gold flakes — and then made a very, very slow escape. The heist happened on Sept. 29, in the middle of the day in Midtown Manhattan. Surveillance video shows a man slowly approaching a momentarily unattended armored truck and grabbing a large bucket off the back of it. The New York Times reported the man "probably doesn't know what was in [the bucket]" when he steals it — but as it turned out, he struck gold. The metal bucket was filled with 86 pounds of gold flakes.

Of course, the tremendous weight of the bucket proved problematic for executing a speedy getaway. Video indicated it took the man over an hour to lug the bucket half a mile through the streets of Manhattan, and he had to stop to "catch his breath" at one point, setting the bucket down on the sidewalk, The New York Times reported.