Pokémon, One Piece cards stolen in $300,000 LA card store burglary – NBC Los Angeles

Pokémon and One Piece cards were stolen over the weekend in a burglary at a Los Angeles card store.

RWT Collective manager Ebrahim Alas told NBC4 Investigates that a security alarm was activated at about 3 a.m. Sunday at the store in the 11300 block of West Olympic Boulevard. When he arrived, he found the front window of his business shattered.

After checking security camera video, Alas said the thieves appeared to have left just before he arrived. They smashed display cases and stole about $300,000 worth of cards, including unopened Pokémon card boxes and Japanese manga series One Piece cards.

The video showed three masked and gloved men breaking into the store. No arrests were reported.

The LAPD told NBC4 Investigates that officers took a burglary report.

In January, Pokémon cards and other merchandise was stolen at the same business in an armed robbery. The cards belonged to a shop regular’s personal card collection.

The customer was leaving the store Sunday night when he encountered the robbers, who had also been inside the store, as he walked to an underground parking garage and was held up with a handgun.