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Last Edited: Friday, 20 Mar 2009, 10:26 PM EDT
Created On: Friday, 20 Mar 2009, 9:41 PM EDT

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CONYERS, Ga. (MyFOX Atlanta) - Police in Conyers are searching for thieves who stole thousands of dollars of drugs from a pharmacy. They say the burglars went to great efforts to get inside the pharmacy from a business above.

Police say they were drugs easily sold on the streets, but the burglars had to go through a floor and a ceiling to get to them.

Pharmacist Vince Evans said a table and a storage bin were placed under a false ceiling apparently used as a step stool for thieves who cut their way into the drug store from the ballet school above.

"Percosat, it's a pretty popular street drug. Oxicoten, and this is where the morphine was right here," said Evans.

From pain killers to Viagra, Evans said they stole about a dozen different drugs from his pharmacy.

"My value is about $4,500, it could be $50,000 on the street," said Evans.

"I would say it was somebody who took a look at the place to figure out what the lay out was," said.

Conyers police said the burglars first broke into the Conyers School of Ballet through a side door, and then apparently tried several times to gain access downstairs -- first by trying to go under the floor in a closet.

Investigators said the burglars tried to get in under the heater by cutting the sheet metal apparently to crawl through the duct work. Ultimately, the burglars decided to cut through the floor to get to the drugs.

"They were very persistent, for sure. They were determined to get downstairs," said Evans.

Ballet studio owner Judy Mauran said the burglars cut through a massive two by twelve beam to get downstairs. She said they stole one of her computers and helped themselves to cash, sodas, candies and crackers at her studio, which could be their downfall.

"They stole stuff they had some crackers, maybe there's some DNA or a fingerprint somewhere. They took all that stuff to the GBI crime lab," said Mauran.

The pharmacy owner said a couple of computers were also stolen from his business. He said no sensitive information of any of the patients was on the stolen computers.