https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/sega-accused-of-using-police-to-recover-nintendo-dev-kits-it-had-negligently-disposed-of
>Sega accidentally sends a bunch of DSi, 2DS, 3DS, Wii and Wii U dev kits to the dump
>guy legally purchases them from the dump for resale
>Sega sends a private investigator posing as a potential buyer
>UK police raid his house with a phony warrant
>take all the dev kits, arrests the guy for not having a console loicence
>Sega ghosts him
>courts won't show him the original warrant or provide a case number
>police sends him a form telling him to relinquish legal ownership of the consoles