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Police Investigate Theft of Prescription Narcotics

OLYPHANT — Police are searching for a man they say swiped 300 prescription narcotics from a pharmacy in Lackawanna County. Police say a man went into Medi...

OLYPHANT -- Police are searching for a man they say swiped 300 prescription narcotics from a pharmacy in Lackawanna County.

Police say a man went into Medicap Pharmacy in Olyphant last Friday and told the clerk he was purchasing the medication for his sister.

On Tuesday, the patient who was prescribed the medication tried to purchase them and was told someone already picked them up.

Investigators said the man was seen driving a blue Ford van with a ladder rack.

Anyone with information is asked to call Olyphant police at 570-342-9111.

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