Drug Cargo Hijacked in Baltimore

A medicine delivery driver was abducted and robbed at gunpoint while delivering medications to pharmacies in West Baltimore on December 13th.

At a routine delivery stop at 9 a.m. in the 2000 block of W. Pratt St., outside the tiny Westside Pharmacy and Wellness Center, in West Baltimore, MD, three thieves forced the driver, at gunpoint, into the back of the delivery truck, and drove it to an unknown location where the suspects unloaded about 80 crates of pharmaceutical goods, reported the Baltimore Sun. Police called the planned robbery “incredibly thought-out.”

“The value of the drugs is significant,” said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. “We believe the individuals responsible might have had knowledge about where and when the truck was going to be.” He also said that the local police contacted the FBI and DEA.

The crime was reported to police at 10:10 a.m. by the driver, who was located unharmed in South Baltimore at Patapsco Street and East Fort Avenue.