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A heartless crew of burglars snatched a French bulldog named Coco Chanel in a brazen Brooklyn home invasion — with the thieves also making off with $8,000 in Pokémon cards, cops and sources said.

But Coco turned up unscathed after the thieves ditched the dog at a nearby hospital and staff members recognized her from a picture on The Post website reporting on the heist.

As many as four gun-toting dognappers first forced their way into a 62-year-old man’s Bushwick apartment around 2:15 a.m. Monday, stealing his cellphone, according to sources.


  The gun-toting thieves allegedly stole a French bulldog named Coco from a Bushwick apartment. Obtained by NY Post The gun-toting thieves allegedly stole a French bulldog named Coco from a Bushwick apartment. Obtained by NY Post

The group then went into another apartment where they punched a 27-year-old man in the face and stole his pooch Coco and his Pokémon cards and snatched his girlfriend Monica Kay’s credit cards, according to the victim.

“Give me money, where’s the money?” the bandits yelled, according to Kay.

The goons clocked Kay’s boyfriend in the face and ordered him to lie face-down on the floor while they demanded she close her eyes, Kay told The Post. That’s when they took Coco and ran off, she added.

“They took everything from us that we had at home,” Kay, 27, told The Post just hours after the heist. “There were four armed men with guns and ski masks. They basically took everything they found — and the dog.”

Fortunately, Kay said Coco wasn’t away from home for long.


  In addition to Coco, the culprits made off with $8,000 in Pokémon cards, sources said. Obtained by NY Post In addition to Coco, the culprits made off with $8,000 in Pokémon cards, sources said. Obtained by NY Post

The hoodlums dropped the pooch off in the garage at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center — where hospital staffers picked up the dog and reached out to a canine-loving ER nurse.

“I’m an animal lover, and they called me, of course,” nurse Amy O’Sulivan said. “The first person. They said, ‘Come get the dog.’ They were hiding the dog in the pediatric ER in the bathroom.

“Then a doctor said, ‘Oh, wait. I found the story,’ and there ya go,” she said. “She saw The Post story and was like, ‘Oh, my God. That’s the dog!’ That’s how the ball got rolling.”

Kay and Coco were set to be reunited on Monday evening. 


  The suspects also stole a cellphone from another apartment resident, the sources said. Robert Mecea for NY Post The suspects also stole a cellphone from another apartment resident, the sources said. Robert Mecea for NY Post

Sources said bandits also grabbed about $8,000 worth of Pokémon cards from Kay’s boyfriend.

The dognappers then left the apartment complex and had not been caught several hours later, cops said.

The stickup comes several months after a pair of thieves stole two French bulldogs and a large stash of clothing from a Long Island City home over the summer, authorities said.

It also comes just weeks after a brazen trio stormed into an event at Poké Court in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, smashing display cases and grabbing more than $116,000 worth of rare Pokémon cards.

“Something is going on with those cards where it’s a hot item,” a police source said.

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