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A Singaporean man is appealing for information on a couple allegedly involved in the theft of a bag containing his personal card collection at the CAPS Card Show on Oct 9.<\/p>\n
The show is Singapore\u2019s premier trading card game and collectibles event.<\/p>\n
To aid his search, he created an Instagram account one month after the incident, “looking.for.stolenbag”, where he shared surveillance-style footage of the incident and details about the missing collection, which he claimed contained valuable trading cards.<\/p>\n
According to the account, the incident occurred at around 4.30pm at Junction 8, Bishan.<\/p>\n
In the video, the man identifies himself as “the boy in blue shirt, holding onto (his) sling bag”.<\/p>\n
Footage shows him placing his sling bag on the floor while negotiating a deal with a vendor.<\/p>\n
He then steps away from the booth to retrieve more cards for what he described in the caption as “pack-for-pack battles”. \u00a0<\/p>\n
After he leaves, a couple, described as a woman with red hair carrying a Doraemon-themed backpack and a man accompanying her, can be seen browsing the cards on display \u2014 both are also carrying several bags.<\/p>\n
As the card collector returns briefly to continue the transaction, the couple appear to notice the unattended sling bag. They are then seen pointing it out to each other. \u00a0<\/p>\n
When the man walks away from the booth again, <\/strong>the pair allegedly move the bag before placing it together with their belongings and leave the area.<\/p>\n The collector claimed that the bag seen in the footage belonged to him <\/strong>and he identified it by a white Totoro keychain attached to it, which remains visible as the couple walk out of frame.<\/p>\n The man claimed he has lodged a police report.<\/p>\n The video has attracted more than 430,000 views and <\/strong>close to 300 comments as at Wednesday (Nov 11), drawing mixed reactions online.<\/p>\n