Pretoria -A prominent Pretoria artist is suspected to be behind the brazen robbery in which three men made off with paintings worth R17.5 million from the Pretoria Art Museum. The artist allegedly commissioned the men to steal the masterpieces for him, the Pretoria News has been told. On Monday, Crime Linereceived a tip-off regarding the robbery. The head of Crime Line, Yusuf Abramjee, said the information had been passed on to police to follow up. The Tshwane Metro Council revealed on Monday that the CCTV surveillance cameras at the museum were not working when the paintings were stolen. Mayoral spokesman Pieter de Necker...
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