20 Pharmacies Robbed in Smash and Grab Attacks

Pharmacy Smash and Grab Robberies - Meds Stolen 

The NYPD is searching for at least two men who smashed the glass doors to pharmacies throughout Queens and Brooklyn. The crew would then enter the drug stores and take meds off the shelves. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

NYC News Network 

December 7, 2023 

NEW YORK - Smash and grab robbers broke into 20 pharmacies and cleaned them out of meds during a two-month long crime spree, the NYPD said. 

Cops say the same crew has robbed 20 stores throughout Brooklyn and Queens across the confines of 12 NYPD precincts from Flushing, Queens to Bayridge, Brooklyn.

Investigators released dramatic surveillance video from inside one of the pharmacies. In the video, a car pulls up outside the drug store. Men get out and run over to the glass front door. One of the crew takes a hammer to the door and smashes and removes the glass to gain entrance. 

The pair is then seen walking through the pharmacies taking medication off the shelves.  Cops said the crooks used the same smash and grab pattern in each case. 

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The suspects are males dressed in black hoodies, face masks and black pants. Both wore surgical gloves. 

In some cases it was reported that the crooks drove off in a black SUV. In other cases it was reported that a gray BMW was used as a getaway car.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.