NEWARK, NJ – Newark police are seeking to identify a pair of suspects who robbed a city pharmacy last week. They entered the pharmacy and stole bottles of codeine and cough syrup.
Today, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara requests the public’s help in identifying the suspects in connection with a pharmacy robbery that occurred on Monday, June 6th.
“At approximately 2:30 p.m., police responded to the Obeng Pharmacy, located at 95 Broadway, on a call of a robbery. Two males entered the pharmacy, walked into the restricted area, and stole codeine bottles and cough syrup bottles,” O’Hara said. “The suspects ran out of the pharmacy, heading eastbound on Bloomfield Place and then northbound on Broad Street, before entering a gray Hyundai sedan.”
Detectives investigating this incident seek the public’s help in identifying the individual the two suspects as part of their investigation. The first suspect is described as a tall, thin Hispanic male, wearing all-back and a fitted black baseball hat. The second suspect is described as a heavy-set African-American, also wearing all black clothing.