The World - News from May 18, 1989

Police in Rio de Janeiro arrested five men and recovered millions of dollars worth of art stolen earlier this month, including works by Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse, a Brazilian police officer said. Alvaro Luis Souza, who commanded a raid leading to the arrests, said that police, responding to a phone tip, staked out an apartment in Rio’s Botafogo neighborhood and apprehended a man as he was leaving. The stolen goods were discovered, undamaged, inside the apartment. Souza said four other men were arrested hours later. Police still are searching for three more men they believe were involved in the May 3 robbery of the Chacara do Ceu Museum, Souza added. Police recovered all the stolen art except two Chinese ceramic sculptures from the 7th Century and a collection of silverware.