$70M in prescription drugs stolen in Conn. heist

$70M in prescription drugs stolen in Conn. heist
By STEPHANIE REITZ, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, March 16, 2010


(03-16) 12:14 PDT Hartford, Conn. (AP) --

Thieves scaled a wall at a pharmaceutical warehouse over the weekend, cut a hole in the roof and rappelled inside to steal about $70 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs, authorities said Tuesday.

The thieves disabled the alarm at the Eli Lilly & Co. warehouse early Sunday in Enfield, where they spent at least an hour loading pallets of drugs into a waiting vehicle at the warehouse's loading dock during a wind-whipped rainstorm, police said.

The thieves, whose identities remained unknown Tuesday, made off with enough drugs to fill at least one tractor-trailer, police said. They will probably end up on the black market, experts said.

"Just by the way it occurred, it appears that there were several individuals involved and that it was a very well planned-out and orchestrated operation," Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza said. "It's not your run-of-the-mill home burglary, that's for sure."


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shutterbuggery3/16/2010 7:40:38 AM

$70 million if prescribed in the US, $24.88 if sold in Canada.


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