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The Metropolitan Police has made an arrest in its search for a 1740 Lorenzo Carcassi violin that was stolen from a London pub in February this year.
The violin belongs to David López Ibáñez, a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra. The instrument, along with three bows, were stolen in a black Riboni Unoeotto case at 7:30pm on Tuesday 18 February from the Marquess Tavern in Canonbury.
In June, the Met Police released CCTV images of the suspect and appealed to the public to help trace the thief.
A 43-year-old man was arrested on 25 June on suspicion of theft and was taken into custody. He was released on bail pending further inquiries.
However, the violin has not been recovered.
Ibáñez described the violin, worth £150,000, as his ‘voice.’
’Aside of the actual monetary value of it, to me it really was priceless,’ he told the BBC.
The violin has a distinct heart-shaped hole at the back of the scroll. Ibáñez urges anyone who may have seen the violin to get in touch with the police with the Crime Reference Number 01/7178074/25.
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