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Feds say pharmacy burglary ring is largest in DEA history
The Center Square ^ | 8/30/24 | Merrilee Gasser

Posted on 08/31/2024 12:15:11 PM PDT by CFW

Over 40 people accused of running the largest pharmacy burglary stole approximately $12 million worth of controlled substances, according to an indictment.

The bust is the largest in the history of the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to the Department of Justice.

U.S. Attorney Jonathan D. Ross for the Eastern District of Arkansas said Thursday the group of 42 people worked together to burglarize over 200 pharmacies across 31 states. More than 11 of the affected pharmacies were located in Arkansas, according to Ross.

Ross said the group, based in Houston, Texas, targeted independent, non-chain pharmacies in rural locations and would drive rental cars or take flights to get there. Their pattern would be to go to their selected target locations in the early morning, break the glass and crawl on the floor to avoid motion detectors.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecentersquare.com ...


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KEYWORDS: burglaries; crime; culture; drugs; organized; pharmacy; theft
The article doesn't list any names of those arrested or their legal status. What you want to bet none are named David Smith or William McDonald?
1 posted on 08/31/2024 12:15:11 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Poorly written.

“More than 11... in Arkansas.” Is that 12? Why not give the precise number. No reason to be vague about that.


2 posted on 08/31/2024 12:20:42 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: CFW

what country did they migrate in from.


3 posted on 08/31/2024 12:25:19 PM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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Don’t know if it’s the same ring. A local pharmacy in S.E. Missouri was broken into during the very early morning hours. The thieves drove north up I-55 breaking into pharmacies in smaller towns on the way. They’d hop off the Interstate, hit a pharmacy and be back on the Interstate before local cops arrived.


4 posted on 08/31/2024 12:26:47 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: CFW

The lying media provides no names for suspects.
The corrupt government provides no names.

The media and government are as corrupt as these suspects.


5 posted on 08/31/2024 12:29:31 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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I just now viewed 5 different sources for this story and not one shows a single picture of the perps or names a single name.

Now, boys and girls, let's take a wild guess on who the perpetrators are. I'm going with ILLEGAL ALIENS.

6 posted on 08/31/2024 12:40:41 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: hanamizu

A nearby small county pharmacy has been hit twice in recent years. Once when the owner was in the hospital recovering from surgery. He had just returned from the operating room when his phone rang. His wife answered it and it was the Sheriff’s Office wanting him to come down to the pharmacy and see what had been taken.

Since not just anyone can do an inventory check, he had to get approval from his insurance company and the state for a fellow pharmacist to do an inventory before his business could reopen.

Burglaries on small locally-owned pharmacies can put them out of business pretty quick. Insurance doesn’t cover all the costs and of course their insurance premium increases.


7 posted on 08/31/2024 12:45:25 PM PDT by CFW
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“I just now viewed 5 different sources for this story and not one shows a single picture of the perps or names a single name.
Now, boys and girls, let’s take a wild guess on who the perpetrators are. I’m going with ILLEGAL ALIENS.”


I did the same. I searched every site that mentioned the story and not a one gave any identifying information.


8 posted on 08/31/2024 12:49:36 PM PDT by CFW
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Whoever this burglary ring is they must be a threat to the DEA's cartel buddies.

DEA laundering millions of dollars for the drug cartels by setting up bank accounts for them that they otherwise couldn't. (Source: nytimes.com Dec 5, 2011)

CONFIRMED: The DEA Struck A Deal With Mexico's Most Notorious Drug Cartel
businessinsider Jan. 13, 2014

9 posted on 08/31/2024 12:56:09 PM PDT by TigersEye (His son nicknamed him Pedo Pete. (mic drop))
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Feds say pharmacy burglary ring is largest in DEA history

When are they going to take on the biggest criminal drug enterprise of all . . . Pfizer?
10 posted on 08/31/2024 1:05:05 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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I saw this movie. Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham and guest appearance by William Burroughs. My father in law really liked the film.


11 posted on 08/31/2024 1:21:57 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: TigersEye

Somewhat related article:

“Smash-and-Grab Gun Thefts Threaten Communities, Small Businesses. NSSF Has Real Solutions.”

https://bearingarms.com/lawrence-keane/2024/08/30/smash-and-grab-gun-thefts-threaten-communities-small-businesses-nssf-has-real-solutions-n1226107


12 posted on 08/31/2024 1:23:14 PM PDT by CFW
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With the prices of medicines these days... know wonder!

Medicare has stopped my thyroid meds after paying some of it for 4 years.


13 posted on 08/31/2024 1:37:07 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: TigersEye

The DEA is so damn corrupt...If they ever secured our border they’ll be able to reduce the size/budget of the DEA by 90 percent. Same goes for half the law enforcement agencies.

Tens of thousands die from fentanyl that comes across the border, but the corrupt U.S. government leaves the borders unsecured and wide open.

With upwards of 30+ million illegals in country, these agencies are a joke while they seize and tax Americans for things like border patrol, ICE, DEA etc. We’re all being hoodwinked and looted.


14 posted on 08/31/2024 1:41:27 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Lizavetta

I just now viewed 5 different sources for this story and not one shows a single picture of the perps or names a single name.

Now, boys and girls, let’s take a wild guess on who the perpetrators are. I’m going with ILLEGAL ALIENS.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

thanx for not using the raisses term: “bad hombres”


15 posted on 08/31/2024 1:49:59 PM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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Thanks. These smash and grab theft operations, whether committed by one person or a mob, are similar to small military assaults. Overwhelm by force, speed and manpower.

It amazes me that there hasn’t been any serious response to this before. Now foreign prison gangs are stealing entire apartment complexes. Obviously they aren’t running from the law when they do that.

It definitely helps when the Gov. of the state says it’s all imaginary and then threatens the whistleblower for talking about the imaginary apartment pirates.


16 posted on 08/31/2024 1:54:31 PM PDT by TigersEye (His son nicknamed him Pedo Pete. (mic drop))
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To: dragnet2

I agree with every word.


17 posted on 08/31/2024 2:02:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (His son nicknamed him Pedo Pete. (mic drop))
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