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Stolen pill bottles full of M&M's
EDMOND, Okla., (UPI) -- Police in Oklahoma said a burglar took four pill bottles from a pharmacy, but forward-thinking workers had filled the bottles with M&M's before closing.
Edmond police said officers responded to an alarm at Clinic Pharmacy at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday and discovered the front glass doors had been broken and the facility appeared to have been burglarized, the Edmond Sun reported Wednesday.
Officers entered the business with a pharmacist and discovered four hydrocodone bottles had been taken, but the bottles had been filled with M&M's candy prior to closing because of previous burglaries at the pharmacy. Authorities said narcotic painkiller hydrocodone is one of the most abused drugs in the state.
"It was very creative on the part of the pharmacist," said Glynda Chu, spokeswoman for the Edmond Police Department. "He had enough, and when he decided to fill his medicine bottles left out overnight with candy it made for a true case of sweet justice."
Police said they have not yet identified any suspects and no witnesses have come forward.
EDMOND, Okla., (UPI) -- Police in Oklahoma said a burglar took four pill bottles from a pharmacy, but forward-thinking workers had filled the bottles with M&M's before closing.
Edmond police said officers responded to an alarm at Clinic Pharmacy at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday and discovered the front glass doors had been broken and the facility appeared to have been burglarized, the Edmond Sun reported Wednesday.
Officers entered the business with a pharmacist and discovered four hydrocodone bottles had been taken, but the bottles had been filled with M&M's candy prior to closing because of previous burglaries at the pharmacy. Authorities said narcotic painkiller hydrocodone is one of the most abused drugs in the state.
"It was very creative on the part of the pharmacist," said Glynda Chu, spokeswoman for the Edmond Police Department. "He had enough, and when he decided to fill his medicine bottles left out overnight with candy it made for a true case of sweet justice."
Police said they have not yet identified any suspects and no witnesses have come forward.