$70 million in prescription drugs stolen in Connecticut heist

ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say prescription drugs worth tens of millions of dollars have been stolen in a brazen, well-planned heist at a pharmaceutical company warehouse in Connecticut.

The FBI has been called in to investigate the theft early Sunday at the Eli Lilly warehouse in Enfield, a northern Connecticut city that borders Massachusetts.

The exact number and type of drugs were still being established Tuesday, but a spokesman for Eli Lilly says they were worth $70 million. He says no narcotics or painkillers were taken.

Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza says the thieves cut a hole in the building's ceiling and rappelled inside, disabling the security system and loading pallets of drugs into a waiting vehicle.