Twin Falls Police were dispatched at approximately 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 to a Walgreens pharmacy located at 1732 Washington Street North in regards to a robbery.
According to store employees and witnesses, a white male in his early to mid-20s wearing a white or light colored hat and hoody style sweatshirt, approached the pharmacist with a note that demanded specific prescription drugs. It is unknown at this time if the suspect had a weapon.
The suspect left the store with an undisclosed quantity of prescription drugs, and then fled on foot westbound across Washington Street North and into a residential neighborhood. Police immediately set up a perimeter around the area and began searching for the suspect. Police are still searching for the suspect.
More information will be released as it becomes available.
Anyone with information about the robbery, or anyone who may have seen someone leaving the pharmacy who matched the suspect’s description, is encouraged to call the Twin Falls Police Department at 208-734-4357.