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2 plead guilty in theft of $50M prescription drugs

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Two Florida residents have pleaded guilty in a 2010 Connecticut warehouse theft that prosecutors say involved $50 million to $100 million in prescription drugs.

Forty-two-year-old Yosmany Nunez of Southwest Ranches and 41-year-old Alexander Marquez of Hialeah each pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to one count of transportation of stolen property. They face up to 10 years in prison at sentencing in February.

Prosecutors said Nunez, Marquez and three others broke into an Eli Lilly Co. warehouse in Enfield and stole thousands of boxes of pharmaceuticals. It was believed to be the largest such theft in Connecticut.

Prosecutors said Marquez drove the drugs to Florida, and the group stashed them in Miami-area self-storage units. Some of the drugs were recovered.

Two others have pleaded guilty and await sentencing.

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