Rappelling Thieves Steal $75M

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Sounds to me like Five-0 should be checking out the local canyoneers.

Dang canyoneers, you just can't trust them.... first they steal your beer and later your drugs..... better keep your women under lock and key.

Rappelling Thieves Steal $75M in Drugs in Connecticut

(March 16) -- The hunt is on for thieves who cut a hole in the roof of a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut, dropped down into the building to disable the alarm and made off with up to $75 million worth of prescription drugs, police said.

The break-in at an isolated Eli Lilly warehouse in Enfield happened before dawn Sunday. The company notified police Sunday afternoon, and no suspects had been arrested as of today. The FBI and state police are also investigating.

The thieves scaled the building in an industrial park and cut a hole in the roof, Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza told AOL News.

"They rappelled themselves into the facility, they disabled the alarm system and proceeded to steal massive quantities of prescription drugs," he said. "Just based on the sheer volume of what was taken, we speculate there were several individuals. This was a well-planned and well-organized and, unfortunately, a well-executed crime."

Police believe the thieves loaded the goods onto a waiting truck and drove off under the cover of darkness. The warehouse has a security camera system, but Sferrazza would not comment on whether it captured the heist.

After talking with company representatives, he believes that cancer and psychiatric medications were taken. "The idea is to take the drugs and see if they can sell them on the black market or perhaps to another country," Sferrazza said.

Sferrazza said police will be meeting with the FBI, and officials will investigate whether there have been similar thefts elsewhere in the country.

Eli Lilly, the Indianapolis-based drug giant, could not say what medications were stolen, but noted that the facility does not house narcotics.

"Several dozen pallets of our pharmaceutical products were stolen," company spokesman Edward Sagebiel said, putting the value of the stolen drugs at $70 million to $75 million. "Hopefully, we can capture the criminals and we can recover our product."

The warehouse has been in Enfield, a blue-collar town of about 46,000 residents near the Massachusetts line, for about 25 years, Sferrazza said. The theft was the biggest for Enfield and probably one of the biggest in the state, he said.

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