US police are looking for a man who managed to sneak out of armored cars in New York with a gold container weighing 36 kilograms.

The theft took place on September 29 in one of the busiest parts of Manhattan's Midtown, but became aware of it only now. The stolen gold is estimated at approximately $ 1.6 million.

The footage from the CCTV cameras can be seen that the machine for some time has been left unattended, and the offender took only 20 seconds to turn the matter. However, the burden was too heavy, and can be seen on CCTV frames that an attacker for an hour covered the distance that light can be completed in 10 minutes. The thief was walking along a busy street, and then stopping to take a breath. Then he came out of the camera coverage.

Authorities believe he left New York and is now hiding somewhere in Orlando or Miami, Florida.

Police declined to release the man just walking nearby when he saw the open car is left unattended.

One of the guards suffered at delivery and the other for a moment went to the cabin for a mobile phone, leaving the body open.

"I think he just took tucked opportunity to take a barrel and was gone," - said the detective NYPD Pastor Martin. According to him, the offender did not know exactly what is in a container.

Gold is worth millions of dollars were in an unmarked black metal bucket.

According to police a description, an attacker about 50-60 years old, he is Hispanic, an increase of about 170 cm and weighing about 70 kg. It is reported by BBC.