Gilmer Drug Company Burglarized

Police estimate robbers made away with 3000 - 4000 pain killers.

GILMER, TX Jan. 20, 2009 -- Responding to a 4:00 a.m. alarm call, Gilmer Police officers found the glass front door of the business, located at 112 Davis Street in Gilmer, smashed, and the perpatrators nowhere in sight.

The investigation is ongoing, but Investigator Roxanne Warren believes the theives made off with 3000 to 4000 hydrocodone pills, a powerful pain killer. The street value of the drugs was not immediately known.

Commonly marketed under the Vicodin, Zydone or Anexia brands, the pills can be round and white, with a scored center, or they can be football shaped in many colors, including white and blue.

Warren says they can be used in illegal drug manufacture, but are commonly sold on the street in pill or capsule form.

She asked that anyone with information on the theft to contact the Police at 903-843-5545, or go online to the Upshur County Crime Stoppers, where they can leave tips anonymously.

She said the crime would be featured on Crime Stoppers as the Crime Of The Week.