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(Health-NewsWire.Net, June 29, 2015 ) Baltimore, MD -- According to the Baltimore Sun, the Drug Enforcement agency has released a series of photos of nine people who officials claim have a connection with the looting of prescription drugs in sveral Baltimore pharmacies. The lootings came about as a result of unrest in the city of Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray.
Officials decide to release the photos after Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts reexamined for the amount of drugs stolen during the looting which took place during the Baltimore riots. According to Batts, more than 175,000 doses of prescription drugs had been stolen. :That amount of drugs has thrown off the balance on the streets of Baltimore," said Batts.
DEA Special Agent Gary Tuggle says that even more drugs were stolen than which were initially reported. Tuggle revealed that around 40 percent of the pharmacies which had been looted, had not finished counting losses.
Twenty-seven pharmacies and two methadone clinics had been looted during the riots which took place on April 27, 2015, in wake of the funeral of Freddie Gray, according to the Baltimore Sun.
The 25-year-old Gray died on April 19, just a week after suffering a series of injuries, including spinal cord injury, while in the custody of Baltimore police officers. Gray's death resulted in a multitude of widespread protests and riots which gained international attention. Upon gaining attention across the world a state of emergency was prompted in the city, leading to an implemented curfew and deployment of National Guard troops, according to Baltimore Sun.
According to pharmacy and law enforcement officials, there has been no evidence showing that the personal information stolen from prescriptions were being used for fraud. In spite of those claims, Rite AId ventured out and hired Kroll, a risk management firm, "to alert impacted customers via a letter of notification and share with them the proactive measures it has taken guard against identity theft.
The DEA is currently requesting that anyone who may have information on any of the suspects in the Baltimore pharmacy lootings, to report it to Metro Crime Stoppers. According to the Baltimore SUn, the DEA says that those pictures are only the "first round" of photos pulled from the surveillance cameras of looted pharmacies, and more will be distributed.
An associate from Drug Rehab Baltimore comments "I believe that these photos from the surveillance cameras of looted pharmacies will definitely help crackdown on some of these suspects. Baltimore is a big city, however we are all connected in some way so someone has to know someone. We can't just walk around acting blind to the fact that these people are going to worsen the drug crisis which already exists in Baltimore. I encourage anyone that knows someone who participated in stealing these drugs, to help the police get them off the streets."
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