Usually, they are in a bank safe… It was during the few hours that they were not there that Myke Petel had his Pokémon cards that he was collecting stolen, in Dordogne. Amount of damage? Nearly 300,000 euros, according to him.
This enthusiast told his story to Sud-Ouest and Ici (formerly France Bleu). The events occurred on Tuesday April 21, at his home in Prigonrieux (Dordogne). “A man rang the doorbell and pretended to be a delivery man,” he explains to Sud-Ouest, before recounting how this fake delivery man overpowered him before “bringing an accomplice” into his home.
The criminals then head into the room where he stores his Pokémon cards. He had taken them out of the safe he rented from a bank during a convention, organized two days earlier, during which he had exhibited them. “I am convinced that it is someone who knew very well what was there, and I even wonder if it is not someone who has already come to my house”, asks Ici the collector, also well known on social networks.
Damage worth 300,000 euros
According to Myke Petel, several cards as well as a case of trading cards were stolen. The damage is estimated by the young man at 300,000 euros.
The Bergerac public prosecutor’s office confirms “the opening of a flagrant investigation into the counts of armed theft, and the complaint of the victim who deplores damage of 300,000 euros”.
The attraction of Pokémon cards has attracted criminals for several years, while their value continues to rise (some can be worth several hundred thousand euros, depending on their rarity).
At the beginning of April, a man was sentenced to one year in prison and to pay 160,000 euros in damages for having stolen 150,000 euros of Pokémon cards in October 2024 during a burglary in Essonne. The cards were never found.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
