Robert GrahamSurveillance video captured a burglary crew brazenly using an electric saw while attempting to smash their way into a pharmacy in Los Feliz.
Early Wednesday morning, three suspects approached R&D Pharmacy located on Franklin Avenue at around 4 a.m.
They were seen using an electric saw and a crowbar to shatter the store’s glass entrance before sawing into the metal gate behind it.
The pharmacy’s owner, Roselyn Roque, said this was the second time her pharmacy had been targeted in just three weeks.
Despite diligently locking up her store every night and protecting it with steel gates, an alarm system, motion detectors, chains and padlocks, she said the suspects don’t appear to be deterred from returning.
As a pharmacist, Roque said she unfortunately also knows what the thieves are after.
“Opiates and stimulants,” she said.”They have really high value on the streets.”
Her pharmacy has been targeted a total of three times over the past two years. Roque believes the suspects are the same people who have attempted to burglarize the shop in the past.
During Wednesday’s incident, the suspects’ getaway car was captured clearly on security cameras.
“There’s three of them again, but they’re using two different cars,” Roque said. “We were able to identify the plate. They’re backing up with the plates on camera. Maybe they don’t care about [being caught] anymore.”