$70 Million In Prescription Meds Stolen During
Burglary
March 16. 2010
Video: Enfield drug heist WTNH
An unprecedented robbery took place in the U.S. state of
Connecticut, where
$70 million
in merchandise was pilfered during a pharmaceutical drug heist at the
Eli Lilly warehouse.
According to investigators, the break-in was planned and calculated, as
the perpetrators entered the building from the roof and proceeded to
make off with the valuable pharmaceutical drugs, via the loading dock
located at the back of the premises.
STORY SOURCE
$70M in prescription drugs
stolen in Conn. heist
(AP) – 3 hours ago - ENFIELD, Conn. — Authorities say prescription
drugs worth tens of millions of dollars have been stolen in a brazen,
well-planned heist at a pharmaceutical company warehouse in Connecticut.
The FBI has been called in to investigate the theft early Sunday at the
Eli Lilly warehouse in Enfield, a northern Connecticut city that borders
Massachusetts...