3 Masked Men Tie Up Employees At Point Richmond Pharmacy, Make Off With High-Priced, Highly Addictive Prescription Drugs
RICHMOND (KPIX 5) -- Three masked men went into a pharmacy in Point Richmond, tied up 2 employees, and made off with a bunch of prescription drugs.
Police say the suspects who robbed the small pharmacy had no intention of taking money. They wanted to grab as many prescription drugs as they could -- drugs that are harder to come by given recent regulations.
After tying up the employees, the robbers grabbed the pharmacy's most addictive, opiate-based drugs -- Oxycodone, Oxycotin, and Oxymorphine.
Police said a UPS deliveryman walked in while the robbery was in progress. The suspects tied him up, as well.
Fortunately, no one was hurt during the robbery.
According to authorities, this is the second time this pharmacy has been robbed for drugs in the past 6 months.
Richmond police are still looking for the suspects, and they say this kind of robbery is becoming all too common.
Meantime, abuse of these opiates is becoming an epidemic, not only in Richmond, but in many other parts of the country. The scarcity of these pills on the streets adds to their value on the black market. They can sell for anywhere from $10 to $100 a pill.
Richmond police is offering a $2000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case.
