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Heavy haul services carrying pharmaceutical freight has been the flavour in favor with thieves targeting long haul trucking in a recent string of a least 10 freight shipping thefts that has state police forces on alert for possible thieves. The theft of about $75 million in pharmaceutical freight occurred one Sunday morning in 2006 when thieves apparently rappelled from the ceiling of an Eli Lily warehouse in Enfield, Connecticut, disabled the security system in place to prevent thefts, and then took the time to fill a tractor trailer with pallets of antidepressants and other prescription drugs estimated to be worth at least $70 million, according to sources around the freight trucking industry of the United States of America. Sources also indicate that the thieves didn’t take the time to disable the video surveillance system, so police apparently have some video tape evidence that they can review to help them find the culprits.

The scope of the depth of planning that went into this caper in Enfield that this wasn’t a random crime and the culprits took the time to organize this well orchestrated crime. This speaks of individuals who are professional and determined and it might be difficult to retrieve the stolen pharmaceuticals, since the thieves managed to get away. The next time a patient sees these pharmaceuticals they might be in the hands of black marketeers or possible online pharmacies, since getting rid of pharmaceuticals through the tightly controlled and monitored American pharmaceutical distribution system is going to be difficult, according to sources in the police forces of the United States tasked with finding these stolen drugs. Hopefully, the thieves make somekind of mistake in the days ahead that leads police to them, otherwise it could be the stolen pharmeceuticals in question are gone and never to be seen again?

Tags: freight, heavy haul, long haul, trucking

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