Otaku Man Steals Pokémon Cards

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NHK reported on Tuesday that a 25-year-old company worker was arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of stealing 2.2 million yen (about US$15,738) worth of Pokémon trading cards from a store in Yamanashi Prefecture's Fujiyoshida City. One card was reportedly worth up to 180,000 yen (US$1,288).

The police reported that the suspect, Yūki Murakami from Tokyo's Ōta ward, entered the store at approximately 1 a.m. on May 8 and stole 74 cards in total.

The Card Shop Mero store in Fujiyoshida City posted an image of the ransacked store at 9:45 a.m. later that day. The store's management noted in a tweet that the showcase was broken and the back area was in disarray. Fortunately, no staff members suffered were harmed because the incident took place at night.