Flatbush Drug Store Robbery: 3 Men At Large, Police Say

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for three men they say held up a Flatbush drug store at gunpoint on Feb. 10.

According to the NYPD, at 6:10 p.m. on that day, the men entered Kashmir Drug Mart at 1172 Coney Island Ave. with black guns. They approached the store's employee, police said, and "demanded cash and prescription medication." After the hold-up was complete, the men fled with an unknown about of cash, but also without the medication they wanted, police said.

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Detectives describe the suspects, pictured above, as follows:

• Individual 1 is a black male about 18-20 years old, standing five-foot-eleven-inches, and with a medium build. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, black sneakers, a blue jacket, a red scarf, and black skull hat.
• Individual 2 is a black male of about the same age and height, also with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a dark blue coat with a hood and black jeans.
• Individual 3 is a black male of the same age, last seen with a blue coat, a black knapsack, dark jeans and black sneakers.

Anyone with information on these individuals or crime can confidentially report it using the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or by anonymously calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

This crime took place in the NYPD's 70th Precinct, which patrols Ditmas Park and Flatbush. Through Feb. 5, a total of 134 major crimes were recorded in the 70th, according to official police records, one more than during the same time period last year.

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