Reports indicate the perpetrators gained entry to the warehouse by disabling the phone lines, cutting a hole in the roof and rappelling down inside to gain access to the telecommunications room, where they disabled the alarm and access control systems. The thieves made off with around 70 pallets of product, according to an alert from the Pharmaceutical Cargo Security Consortium, which notes the modus operandi of the raid "is consistent with a similar pharma warehouse burglary that occurred in 2009 in Richmond, Virginia."

Sounds like they bought someone on the inside. 70 pallets is 'a few trailer loads' ... my guess (based solely on impressions from the story) is that the hole in the roof is a diversionary tactic ...