$140K In Drugs Stolen From Texas Pharmacy Owned By Mayor

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BIG SPRING (CBSDFW.COM) - The mayor of Big Spring also happens to own the town pharmacy, so the city leader was one of the first to learn his business had been burglarized.

Mayor Larry McLellan owns Leonard's Pharmacy and he says thieves broke in and stole more than 14,000 pills.

Investigators say it appears the crooks were searching for certain drugs. Mayor McLellan says the pills of interest were, "...the morphine, the oxycodone, the hydrocodone, the Adderall, the amphetamines and things like that."

Surveillance cameras inside recorded the thieves in action and after watching it McLellan said he believes the thieves are experienced. "We got pictures. They had hoods on and it looks like they had a mask over their mouth. They were almost like professionals it looked like."

In all, the stolen narcotics have a value of about $140,000.

Police are looking at the surveillance tape for clues into the crime, but have no suspects. Jokingly McLellan said, "The Mayor gets robbed and the police don't even catch them!"

The investigation into the theft continues.

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