A game store in Minnesota was recently stolen, and thieves dug through the store's walls and stole $250,000 worth of Pokémon cards from the store.
The game store, called Punch Out Gaming, located in Lake Forest, Minnesota, usa, occurred on February 9, local time, when a burglar broke into the store by digging a hole in the wall to avoid triggering an alarm, and according to the store owner, the burglary nearly emptied the store's inventory.
After the thieves entered the store, he swept away two pantries filled with a collection of Pokémon cards. In an interview, the owner explained: "I took stock and the value of these Pokémon products exceeded $250,000. The criminals must have been helped because there were so many boxes there. ”
He also clarified that due to the surge in popularity of Pokémon cards, stores would rather take back stolen products than insurance money. "I can't restore these Pokémon cards because our dealers don't have these products," he said. So even if there is insurance money, it doesn't do us any good. ”
Fox News reporter Mary McGuire tweeted a picture of the scene of the theft and said: "They completely emptied two storage rooms filled with products... But left all the plush toys. ”
According to the owner, the demand for Pokémon cards in 2022 is very high, and what is even more disruptive is that the store now has no products to sell. With a growing shortage of Pokémon cards, it could take months for the game store to get more products to sell.