Man in Japan scales six-storey building to steal in-demand Pokemon trading cards worth US$9,000


Filepic of a Pokemon store display in Japan. An IT worker in Tokyo used a rope to climb down the outside of a six-storey building just to break into a store to steal Pokemon trading cards. — AFP

An IT worker in Japan allegedly scaled down a six-storey building to break into a store to steal Pokemon trading cards, according to a report by website Vice.

The report identified the IT worker as Kensuke Nakanishi, who made off with about 80 Pokemon and Yugioh! cards worth US$9,120 (RM37,902) as well as US$2,370 (RM9,849) in cash, during the incident on March 23.

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