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Banksy's 'Woman Along with Balloon' Stolen coming from London Gallery

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BANKSY HIT, GRAB, AND ALSO RETURN. The legendary Banksy printing, Gal Along With Balloon, was swiped coming from a London gallery on Sunday night-- but was without delay bounced back due to the authorities on Thursday. Police officers also jailed pair of males, reports the Moments. CCTV video footage shows a hooded suspect smashing Grove Picture's glass overlook New Cavendish Street before taking hold of the Banksy art work valued at $354,000. The culprit after that took off. They performed not try taking some other items, nor, alas, carried out the art work spontaneously self-destruct right into shredded strips of newspaper once removed.

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The Digest.
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The Twist.
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