Detectives are not releasing details of how the women were restrained, Robinson said.
A police report obtained by this news outlet says the victims had “apparent minor injury redness on wrists/ankles.”
The suspects, described as black males in their 20s, are believed to be part of a ring of thieves targeting pharmacies in the area, according to Robinson.
Robinson would not say what type of drugs the suspects demanded.
On Aug. 22, 2016, the same store was robbed by a knife wielding man who held a the weapon to a pharmacist’s throat for several minutes before a Hamilton police officer shot him when a would not drop the knife and advanced toward the officer.
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