In Ecuador, detained a man accused of stealing 36 kilograms of armor collector car in New York with a gold container weighing.

the contents of the container is estimated at $ 1.6 million. The stolen gold is found.

53-year-old Julio Nivelles was detained in western Ecuador. His lawyers insist that the time of the crime he was not in the US.

In December of last year appeared on the Internet recording with CCTV cameras in New York City.

The theft took place on September 29 in one of the busiest areas of Midtown Manhattan. The footage shows that the collector car for a while 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.

Investigators believe that the offender is not thought through in advance the theft, but merely took advantage of unexpectedly tucked opportunity. It is reported by BBC.