Trio robs Frankford pharmacy at gunpoint

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FRANKFORD - February 28, 2013 (WPVI) -- A trio of robbers targeted a pharmacy and it appears that they were able to use the security guard's own weapon to help them pull it off.

At around 7:00 p.m. the three suspects entered the Oxford Circle Pharmacy on East Cheltenham Avenue and Horrocks Street in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.

They immediately went to the armed security guard.

Investigators say the guard complied and the suspect took his .45 caliber gun and began to rob the place.

"They stole about $150 in cash and about 100 bottles of oxycodones and amphetamines," Small said.

The bandits then fled the store and jumped in a white vehicle, possibly a Chevrolet Monte Carlo or Impala.

Detectives believe the bandits knew an armed guard was inside the store.

The entire incident was captured on the store's surveillance system.

However, because the suspects were covered from head to toe, police do not have a good description of them.

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