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A woman approached the Riverwalk Pharmacy on Martinsville Road in Basking Ridge and asked to speak with the pharmacist shortly after 2:20 p.m., Bernards Township Police said in a release.
When the pharmacist approached, the woman handed her a note threatening her safety and demanding Oxycodone pills, police said.
The woman then wielded a knife and a can of pepper spray as the pharmacist was gathering the pills, authorities said.
She then walked around the counter, grabbed several hundred pills worth about $250 and ran in an unknown direction, police said.
The woman had light skin, weighed about 230 pounds and was wearing black clothing, a black face mask and red shoes during the robbery, police said.
Anyone with information and/or surveillance footage of this incident is asked to contact Detective Michael Yeo at (908) 766-1122.
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