3,000 newly released Nintendo Switch 2 consoles swiped in heist

Deputies in Colorado are asking for help getting to the bottom of “a high-dollar cargo heist” involving a sought-after video game system.

A truck driver reported June 8 that multiple pallets containing Nintendo Switch 2 consoles were swiped from his trailer, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said in a June 17 post on Facebook.

The driver was at a truck stop in Bennett when he realized the consoles were gone, deputies said.

Investigators seek information in $1.4 million cargo heist of Nintendo Switch 2 games

On June 8, 2025, at 8:10 a.m., patrol deputies were dispatched to the Love's Truck Stop at 1191 S. 1st St. in the @TownofBennett, after a high-dollar cargo heist took place. A semi-truck driver… pic.twitter.com/3d0ZVe5bSF

— Arapahoe Sheriff (@ArapahoeSO) June 17, 2025

Investigators don’t know if they were taken in Bennett or at another point on his route, according to deputies.

The driver was on his way from a Nintendo location in Washington to a retailer in Texas, deputies said.

A total of 2,810 consoles were taken, worth more than $1.4 million, according to deputies.

The Switch 2, which debuted June 5, is Nintendo’s fastest-selling system, according to a June 11 Nintendo news release.

McClatchy News reached out to the company June 18 about the theft and was awaiting a response.

Deputies said those responsible for the heist “could face charges of felony theft valued at $1 million or more, as well as criminal mischief.”

Bennett is about a 40-mile drive west from Denver.