Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThree men, Mark Harding, Robert Townsend, and Peter Costello, have been jailed for stealing nearly £1 million worth of the weight loss drug Mounjaro. The "highly organised" and "sophisticated" burglary took place on 24 January at a St Albans warehouse. The trio gained entry to the distribution site by breaking in through an air-conditioning duct. CCTV footage showed Costello and Harding taking boxes of the drug from a refrigerated area, with Townsend acting as a lookout. All three were arrested on 11 February and subsequently sentenced to five years and three months in prison each; the stolen drugs, valued at £944,544.89, remain unrecovered. In fullMounjaro burglars caught stealing £1m of weight loss drug from warehouseMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

The defendants left and then came back for more boxes less than two hours later

Almost £1million worth of Mounjaro was stolen from a healthcare distribution centre before three men were tracked down and jailed.