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Suspect arrested in alleged theft of a Banksy stop sign decorated with military drones
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A man in his 20s was in custody on suspicion of theft and criminal damage, the Metropolitan police said.
The sign was taken less than an hour after the elusive street artist posted a photo of the work on his Instagram page Friday.
Video showed a man with bolt cutters climbing up on a bicycle to remove the work from a sign post on a street corner in the Peckham area of south London while another man steadied the bike.
A voice on a video of the incident could be heard saying, “it makes me so annoyed,” as the man ran away.
A witness who only wanted to be called Alex told the PA news agency that the small crowd of people that had shown up to view the work stood around watching in awe as the scene unfolded.
Jasmine Ali, deputy leader of the local borough council, called for the piece to be returned.
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