Article: NT: Million dollar art heist a theft by drunken itinerants


AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2008
NT: Million dollar art heist a theft by drunken itinerants

Nights on the turps usually end with a dodgy kebab .. not a half a million dollar art heist.

But a homeless man in Darwin appears to have made history .. after allegedly helping
to steal Aboriginal artwork worth more than 500-thousand dollars while apparently drunk.

The seven paintings have been recovered about eight hours after the break-in .. in
bushland less than 400 metres from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

Police believe a 37-year-old ...

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