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The pair were wearing hoodies to conceal their faces when they shattered the glass back door of the Rock Ridge Pharmacy in the central business district at 3:10 a.m. last Tuesday, March 26, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said.
They were in and out in two minutes, the chief said.
The burglars “ransacked the pharmacist’s work area, forcing open locked drawers, gaining access to and removing narcotics,” Ackermann said.
The incident was another in a series of burglaries and armed robberies committed by criminals who are after opioids, the chief said.
Burglaries of dozens of independent pharmacies in North Jersey and New York have been reported in recent months. Authorities suspect one or more rings of thieves who each have several members.
That's why Ackermann's detectives are consulting area law enforcement agencies and the DEA as part of their investigation.
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