SANTA ANA, Calif. – Nearly $1 million in rare trading cards, including highly valued Pokémon cards, were stolen from a FedEx truck parked near a California business that authenticates and grades the collectible items, according to police.
The theft is the latest in a string of heists involving Pokémon cards, which have exponentially increased in value in recent years.
The Santa Ana Police Department said in a statement on Tuesday that the heist occurred on Oct. 13 outside the Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) office in Santa Ana.
The hundreds of stolen cards are estimated to be worth a total of $963,000, according to police.
“However, the exact value of the stolen items has not yet been determined,” according to the Santa Ana police statement.
If things are really worth that much, why are you sending them via FedEx?
Odds are those were deliveries from a hundred different customers, but FedEx wouldn’t have sent them on a hundred different trucks.
They were shipped that way by a 3rd party. I’m sure the owners of the cards are asking the same question.