Overview

• Masked intruders forced entry at One Stop Sales in La Puente at 1:29 a.m. Wednesday and made off with multiple boxes of Pop Mart’s blind-box Labubu dolls valued at about $7,000 wholesale
• Security footage shows the thieves bypassing cash and electronics to target only the high-value Labubu collectibles, pointing to a preplanned operation tied to a recent social media restock announcement
• Deputies from the LA County Sheriff’s Department City of Industry Substation responded swiftly, recovered the suspects’ stolen Toyota Tacoma and returned part of the stolen merchandise
• One Stop Sales, which opened in May and specializes in viral collectible toys, remains shuttered as co-owner Joanna Avendano urges the public to share leads and surveillance clips
• The heist highlights mounting security and authenticity challenges for small retailers amid a global Labubu blind-box craze that has fueled soaring resale prices and counterfeit rings