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Banksy's 'Gal Along with Balloon' Stolen from Greater London Gallery

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The Titles.
BANKSY SENSATION, GRAB, AND ALSO PROFIT. The iconic Banksy printing, Gal Along With Balloon, was taken coming from a London gallery on Sunday evening-- yet was actually promptly recouped due to the police on Thursday. Policemans also detained pair of males, discloses the Times. CCTV footage shows a hooded suspect smashing Grove Gallery's glass front on New Cavendish Road just before nabbing the Banksy art pieces valued at $354,000. The wrongdoer at that point ran away. They did certainly not make an effort taking some other products, nor, alas, performed the art work automatically self-destruct into shredded bits of newspaper the moment took out.

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The Digest.
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The Kicker.
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