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$70 Million In Prescription Meds Stolen During Burglary

 March 16. 2010

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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.

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$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...

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