Tulsa police say the suspect or suspects broke into one pharmacy on 41st and believe that same person attempted to break into two other pharmacies along the same road.
Corporal Scott Anderson with the Tulsa Police Department says its a crime they're seeing more often.
"A lot of times people start out taking them legitimately," said Anderson. "They become addicted to them, and they try to find illegal ways to get a hold of them."
Officers say a burglar broke into Pittman Dooley's Good Neighborhood Pharmacy in west Tulsa near 41st Street and 25th W Ave and got off with hydrocodone, a pain killer.
Then investigators say two other pharmacies near 41st street were hit; Freeland Brown on Peoria Ave and GenScripts near Hudson Ave, but the crook's break-in attempts did not work at those pharmacies.
"We've seen more and more crimes involving people trying to get prescription drugs illegally, or being addicted to them or being intoxicated and driving on them," said Anderson.
Corporal Anderson says the trend has pharmacists fighting back.
"The pharmacies do a good job," said Anderson. "They're vigilant. Often times when someone's presenting a forged script or something they determine it as being suspicious and call us."
Anyone with information on the burglary or the attempted break-ins is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 596-COPS.
