<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A thief got away with rare Pokémon cards worth more than $170,000 after breaking into a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="_blank" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> store last week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The masked burglar was caught on CCTV at 1st Edition Collectibles in New Bedford, Massachusetts, running inside with a backpack after smashing the glass door.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Eight highly valuable first edition Pokémon cards were stolen, with store co-owner Filipe Andre telling CNN they were worth $US113,650 ($172,834) all up.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-china-trip-prime-minister-to-meet-with-xi-jinping/6fa824e0-8eaf-4487-8476-3772a8ad4eb6" target="_blank"><strong><span>$120 billion export on the table for Albanese's China visit</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We'd just like our stuff back. Truthfully, it's four years of hard work, of not taking a paycheck, to get to where we are now," Andre said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Andre said he believed the robbery was planned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In my mind, the way I see it, it was premeditated," he said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/pokemon-cards-worth-more-than-170-000-dollars-stolen-us-store/120b4a63-7c64-408a-b836-53e656918b4c" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/small-plane-crashes-london-southend-airport/9c41bd43-ae0f-4b55-992f-f3cb007fb99f" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Fireball' after plane crashes at London airport</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He knew exactly what items he was going for. And he was in and out in 20 seconds."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Andre said the thief cut the lock of the gate behind the property and shattered the back door, as the store has no direct street entrance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He called on the thief to return the stolen cards "no questions asked".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/western-australia-two-new-public-holidays-when-are-they/11caa855-dcd5-43c6-baae-461cd0dbe189" target="_blank"><strong><span>One Aussie state looks to add two new public holidays</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2021/07/01/15/37/art-thefts-heists-missing-paintings-portraits-most-valuable-stolen-rembrandt-picasso-monet"><img alt="These paintings are currently missing and worth a fortune." sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/jTZjDSkD97HWWfyCPYsGbfi9nug=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fd09018a7-e15e-4d48-a793-2c55aa016939" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/jTZjDSkD97HWWfyCPYsGbfi9nug=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fd09018a7-e15e-4d48-a793-2c55aa016939 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/6GWUFtbu_L_uFNrJ_rV84uAZiKY=/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fd09018a7-e15e-4d48-a793-2c55aa016939 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">The most valuable stolen artworks currently at large</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2021/07/01/15/37/art-thefts-heists-missing-paintings-portraits-most-valuable-stolen-rembrandt-picasso-monet">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We'll, you know, I don't wanna say we'll forget it ever happened, but no questions asked," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We'll take our stuff back and then we'll, we'll drop it from there."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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