Police interviewing workers, meeting with FBI in investigation of prescription drug heist

Drug heist investigators trying to find suspects

ENFIELD, Conn. — Police in a Connecticut town where $75 million in pharmaceuticals were stolen say they are interviewing company workers, checking area hotels and following other leads to identify suspects.

Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza (Sfur-AH’-zah) says two detectives have been assigned full-time to investigate Sunday’s theft at the Eli Lilly & Co. warehouse. Local police also plan to meet Wednesday afternoon with the FBI.

Authorities say thieves stole antidepressants and other drugs worth $75 million wholesale by cutting through the ceiling and rappelling inside. They disarmed the alarms and stole enough pallets of drugs to fill at least one tractor-trailer.

Experts call it the largest heist of its kind, and say the drugs likely are headed for the black market.