{"id":776927,"date":"2026-07-03T04:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776927\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T04:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:49:29","slug":"edmonton-collectible-store-broken-into-for-a-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776927\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton collectible store broken into for a second time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glass shards spread across the floor and a display case completely ransacked.<\/p>\n<p>That was the scene at north Edmonton store ENV Collectible after a suspect or suspects made off with Pok\u00e9mon and One Piece trading cards.<\/p>\n<p>The shop took to social media Wednesday, sharing photos and a video of the Canada Day break-in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly disheartened to share that we\u2019ve experienced our second break in in less than 10 months,\u201d the store\u2019s Instagram post reads. \u201cIt\u2019s been a tough morning, but we want to assure everyone that no one was hurt and for that, we are truly grateful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease keep an eye out for any suspicious items.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton police say they are \u201caware and are currently investigating,\u201d adding there have been nine break-ins reported at collectible, hobby and card stores this year.<\/p>\n<p>CityNews spoke to the owner of ENV Collectible after the <a href=\"https:\/\/edmonton.citynews.ca\/2025\/11\/17\/thieves-collectible-shops-rare-pokemon-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">first break-in last November<\/a>. The store lost $40,000 and increased security in the aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton police recommends store owners take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edmontonpolice.ca\/CrimePrevention\/CommunitySafety\/CPTED\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">crime prevention training<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edmontonpolice.ca\/CommunityPolicing\/PersonalPropertyCrimes\/Robbery\/Storewatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">review safety tips<\/a> on their website.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778178555_824_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glass shards spread across the floor and a display case completely ransacked. That was the scene at north&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-776927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}