Mission Impossible heist in Conn.

[Pepsei]

76 million prescription drug

and they didn't take any narcotic painkillers....

it makes the Best Buy heist a few weeks ago, a child's play. then again, could be the same group of people who used that heist as a practice run or equipment 'shopping' for this big heist.

EDIT: correction, there were no narcotics in the warehouse.

 

[ghost recon88]

Holy smokes that's a lot in drug money!

 

[TwiceOver]

Anti-Depressants? I guess they were going the black market angle rather than "grab a bunch of pain killers and sell them on the streets" direction.

 

[Regs]

I cant stop smiling

 

[destrekor]

$70 million

$76m is AUD.

 

[crownjules]

it makes the Best Buy heist a few weeks ago, a child's play. then again, could be the same group of people who used that heist as a practice run or equipment 'shopping' for this big heist.

When I first heard about this on the radio last night, that was my first thought. The BB theft happened in NJ, so not that far from this warehouse in CT. A practice run. I don't think it's a small coincidence that both points of entry were by cutting a hole through the roof.

 

[allisolm]

More details here: http://www.today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35891871/

Apparently there were no narcotics or painkillers in the warehouse. It says the robbers "could easily make $20 million from the heist."

 

[Slacker]

More details here: http://www.today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35891871/

Apparently there were no narcotics or painkillers in the warehouse. It says the robbers "could easily make $20 million from the heist."

Tough commodity to unload, they must have had a buyer in advance, no one would speculate on something this bulky and traceable (lot #'s)

 

[misle]

I cant stop smiling

And if insurance won't cover their loss, I wonder how many people will get laid off?

 

[Gooberlx2]

Same people as the Bestbuy theft maybe? The whole roof-cutting/rappelling thing.

That's crazy. Stealing "several dozen pallets"...did they simply pull an 18-wheeler to a loading bay after they disabled the security system?

 

[Regs]

And if insurance won't cover their loss, I wonder how many people will get laid off?

No, I think I took one too many happy pills.

 

[scott916]

Pseudoephedrine?

 

[SunnyD]

No wonder why Canadian online pharmacies are so damn cheap!

 

[Gooberlx2]

Pseudoephedrine?

I was wondering about that too, but figured it would have been specifically mentioned in one of the articles. (or maybe I'm giving the journalists/editors too much credit).

 

[Miramonti]

D@mn, that's almost $500k worth of the generic equivalent.

 

[ussfletcher]

D@mn, that's almost $500k worth of the generic equivalent.

Ha, I was just about to post the fact that the hole in the roof will probably cost them more than the drugs.

 

[brblx]

i like these guys and hope they continue to steal from people that suck.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

several dozen pallets... they HAD to have had trucks moving this stuff and the amount of security they would have had to disable to prevent all this from being detected is astounding. They may be transferring the pills into unmarked bottles now.