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If they don't have strong security and a lot of cameras watching their stocks of trading cards they do. Those things are basically like cash to the right criminal. I know MTG has seen quite a few scams where people buy boxes brand new only to discover someone has removed all the good cards and almost perfectly sealed it back up. Often it's a rogue supply chain or retail employee involved.

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To leave the FC each associate has to walk through a metal detector and empty their pockets. No bags are allowed in. These guys must have stuffed the games down their pants or something.

Also, there are cameras everywhere. Mostly to figure out what happened after the fact - not constantly monitoring.

Nintendo Switch games are very small memory cards, maybe 1.5cm among the longest edge and 2.5mm thick?? I imagine you could easily stick it to the back of a belt buckle or under an insole (in shoes there's is sometimes a metal stiffener between the heel and midsole) or secrete it on your person ("prison pocket"!) without it setting off a metal detector.

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