Cops finally found their pot of gold thief.
The man who swiped a bucket of gold flakes from an armored truck in Midtown Manhattan has been busted in Ecuador by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and local cops, police sources told The Post.
Julio Nivelo grabbed the 86-pound pail of gold from the truck when the driver left it unattended on W. 48th St. in September, cops said.
The powdery bullion is estimated to be worth $1.6 million.
According to the police in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Nivelo, 53, was nabbed on Wednesday as he walked along the street following a two-month manhunt in the South American country.
Police said the Attorney General is now handling the case. It’s unknown if extradition proceedings have been started.
Nivelo, who has at least five different aliases including Luis Toledo and David Vargas, had been living in New Jersey.
He had reportedly been deported to Ecuador on four separate occasions since 1994 for similar thefts, sources told the Post last month.