🚨 A delivery driver was assaulted during a drop-off of $16K worth of meds with GLP-1🚨Police said the suspects likely targeted the Bensalem pharmacy🚨Police say Ozempic, Mounjaro and Trulicity have high resale value
BENSALEM, Pa. — A delivery driver was robbed of $16,000 worth of weight loss medications including Ozempic at a Bucks County pharmacy on Thursday.
Bensalem police say the driver was assaulted while making a delivery at Smart Choice Pharmacy at the Bensalem Center shopping plaza on Street Road around 9 a.m. Two boxes that also contained Mounjaro and Trulicity were taken by two men and a teen who fled in a gold colored Toyota. They were found two miles away to the north on Street Road.
Joshua Dupree, 41, from Tamaqua, Pa., Jahnoi Dawkins, 21, from Albany, NY and a 17-year-male from New York City along with the stolen boxes were all inside the car. Police said that the trio was identified by the victim before they were arrested.
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Joshua Dupree, left, and Jahnoi Dawkins
Joshua Dupree, left, and Jahnoi Dawkins (Bensalem police)Police warn of black market for weight loss drugs like Ozempic
Store workers told police they had received phone calls and emails asking about the delivery which they considered suspicious. Bensalem Public Safety Director William McVey told CBS Philadelphia the trio traveled two hours from New York City leading him to believe the pharmacy was likely targeted.
“It’s interesting when someone travels over two hours to one specific pharmacy in our township to do something like this. It was definitely targeted. but yes, very interesting with the type of medication are going after,” McVey told CBS Philadelphia.
Pharmacist Jigar “Jay” Patel told CBS Philadelphia the medications, which include GLP-1 weight loss drugs, can cost $1,000 without insurance likely creating a potential black market for the hard-to-find medications. McVey warned other pharmacists to be wary if they receive similar calls about deliveries.
Dupree and Dawkins are charged with robbery, theft, receiving stolen property, simple assault, and related offenses They are being held at the Bucks County Correctional Facility on bail. The juvenile male is at the Bucks County Youth Detention Center.
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