Pharmacy thief flees with cough syrup

Saturday, March 7, 2026, at approximately 5:30 AM CST, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a glass break alarm call at U Save Pharmacy located in the 2000 block of Lee Road 430 in Smiths Station.

Lee County Sheriff’s Office Deputies arrived four minutes after the call and found the drive-thru window was broken into.

Video surveillance shows an unknown person, dressed all in dark clothing with face and hands covered, break into the pharmacy and attempt to access the controlled substance cabinet. When the subject could not access the cabinet, he took one bottle of over-the-counter cough syrup and fled the scene through the broken window.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 334-749-5651 or Central Alabama Crime Stoppers at 334-215 STOP (7867). Information can also be submitted through this link: https://LeeCountySOAL.evidence.com/axon/community-request/public/2603-0941