LONDON (AP) — A person suspected of stealing an art work by Banksy of a cease signal adorned with three navy drones, was arrested Saturday, London police mentioned.

A person in his 20s was in custody on suspicion of theft and felony injury, the Metropolitan police mentioned.

The signal was taken lower than an hour after the elusive avenue artist posted a photograph of the work on his Instagram web page Friday.

Video confirmed a person with bolt cutters climbing up on a bicycle to take away the work from an indication publish on a avenue nook within the Peckham space of south London whereas one other man steadied the bike. The person who lower the signal free then ran off with it in his hand.

A voice on a video of the incident might be heard saying, “it makes me so irritated,” as the person ran away.

A witness who solely wished to be referred to as Alex instructed the PA information company that the small crowd of folks that had proven as much as view the work stood round watching in awe because the scene unfolded.

“We mentioned, ‘What are you doing? However nobody actually knew what to do, we type of simply watched it occur,” Alex mentioned. “We had been all a bit bemused; there was some honking of automotive horns.”

Jasmine Ali, deputy chief of the native borough council, referred to as for the piece to be returned.

“It mustn’t have been eliminated and we’d prefer it again so everybody in the neighborhood can take pleasure in Banksy’s good work,” Ali mentioned.

The cease signal was changed.