Collector turns detective after sling bag vanishes at Singapore trading card show

A Singaporean man set up a dedicated Instagram account to find his bag containing his treasured card collection after it was allegedly stolen by a couple at the CAPS Card Show at Junction 8, Bishan on October 9, 2026. — Picture from Instagram/looking.for.stolen.bag

First Published: Thursday, 12 Nov 2026 3:41 PM MYT

SINGAPORE, Nov 12 — 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 October 9.

The show is Singapore’s premier trading card game and collectibles event.

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.

According to the account, the incident occurred at around 4.30pm at Junction 8, Bishan.

In the video, the man identifies himself as “the boy in blue shirt, holding onto (his) sling bag”.

Footage shows him placing his sling bag on the floor while negotiating a deal with a vendor.

He then steps away from the booth to retrieve more cards for what he described in the caption as “pack-for-pack battles”.

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 — both are also carrying several bags.

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.

When the man walks away from the booth again, the pair allegedly move the bag before placing it together with their belongings and leave the area.

The collector claimed that the bag seen in the footage belonged to him and he identified it by a white Totoro keychain attached to it, which remains visible as the couple walk out of frame.

The man claimed he has lodged a police report.

The video has attracted more than 430,000 views and close to 300 comments as at Wednesday (November 11), drawing mixed reactions online.

While some netizens criticised him for leaving the bag unattended, others expressed sympathy hoping he would recover the collection.

AsiaOne has reached out to the victim for more details. — AsiaOne