<p class="speakable">Thieves stole roughly $180,000 worth of Pokémon cards from an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/los-angeles" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Anaheim collectibles store</a> in an early-morning break-in, Fox 11 Los Angeles reported.</p><p class="speakable">The local station said that four suspects broke into Do-We Collectibles on Harbor Boulevard around 3 a.m. on Feb. 18 after first smashing the glass door of a neighboring insurance office and cutting through a shared wall to gain entry.</p><p>Once inside, the suspects shattered display cases and targeted <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/robbery-theft" rel="noopener" target="_blank">high-value trading cards</a>, including at least one card valued at $10,000. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/pokemon-cards-stolen-anaheim" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Fox 11 reported</a> that the business has been broken into twice in the past six months.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/brazen-blue-state-jewelry-store-heist-caught-camera-armed-mob-1m-merchandise-police" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>BRAZEN BLUE STATE JEWELRY STORE HEIST CAUGHT ON CAMERA AS ARMED MOB MAKES OFF WITH $1M IN MERCHANDISE: POLICE</strong></a></p><p>The Anaheim Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.</p><p>Vincent Bui, who works with the shop, told the outlet that the suspects appeared to have scoped out the location beforehand.</p><p>"They had come in during the daytime and scouted the area, knew where the display cases are, knew where to go, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/security" rel="noopener" target="_blank">knew what our weaknesses are</a>," he said.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/black-friday-theft-threat-turns-holiday-weekend-into-shoplifters-super-bowl-former-detective" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>BLACK FRIDAY THEFT THREAT TURNS HOLIDAY WEEKEND INTO SHOPLIFTERS' 'SUPER BOWL': FORMER DETECTIVE</strong></a></p><p>One of the suspects dropped an unlocked cellphone inside the store, which investigators were able to use as evidence.</p><p><a href="https://abc7.com/post/thieves-carve-hole-drywall-steal-high-value-pokemon-cards-do-collectibles-store-anaheim-video/18623417/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><u>ABC 7 reported</u></a> that the suspects escaped in a dark-colored sedan and were able to grab hundreds of trading cards in less than 10 minutes.</p><p>"They took a lot of smaller, single cards, and we have a lot of those so it does add up to a lot ... big amount of merchandise was stolen here," said owner Duy Pham. "All of our display cases were empty."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-city-mayors-official-suv-stolen-thief-breaks-office-swipes-keys-police" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>BLUE CITY MAYOR'S OFFICIAL SUV STOLEN AFTER THIEF BREAKS INTO OFFICE, SWIPES KEYS: POLICE</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p>Pham told the outlet that his store did have surveillance cameras and other security measures.</p><p>"We expected that something was going to happen sooner or later," he said. "In this business, we have a target on our back where ... we cannot sleep well at night because sooner or later, we're going to get a break-in."</p>
Thieves steal $180K in Pokémon cards after cutting through wall at Anaheim collectibles store

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