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Article: Scotland Yard helps recover `Scream'
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 9, 1994
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OSLO (Reuter) - Scotland Yard helped Norwegian officers recover
the stolen masterpiece, The Scream, in a "sting" operation where
undercover agents agreed to pay a huge sum for the painting.
Police declined to give details of the scheme, which resulted in
Edvard Munch's 1893 work being found virtually undamaged at a hotel
in south Norway on Saturday. Three Norwegians have been arrested in
connection with the disappearance of the priceless painting, which
was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo on 12 February.
The daily Dagbladet reported that the men were arrested after a
police sting. "Two secret agents from New Scotland Yard fooled the
Norwegians {the thieves}," ...