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WORCESTER, Massachusetts ( WBZ ) -- A Worcester store known as a community hub for all things Japanese manga culture was hit by a costly theft over the weekend.

John Le, owner of Otaku Sekai - which roughly translates from Japanese to "Nerd World" - said surveillance cameras caught a man stealing hundreds of Pokémon cards Saturday from his Park Avenue shop.

"It was a busy day," Le said. "I had rows of people just trying to look at product cards and everything else. It was a very good opportunity for anyone that wanted to kind of, like, steal something."

Video showed the suspect flipping through binders of Pokémon cards, stuffing several into his sweatshirt, then walking out with another full binder. Le estimated the man took around 500 cards worth

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