RANGELEY – Police said Monday that more than 6,000 pills were taken during a quick heist at the Rangeley Pharmacy on Route 4 Friday night.

The initial estimate was that 2,500 narcotic pills had been stolen in less than 3 minutes.

Police Chief Dennis Leahy said Monday that police had identified “people of interest” in the investigation, but he did not say whether they were suspects.

“We are in the process of examining the evidence and reviewing security tapes,” Leahy said.

The Rangeley department is being assisted by Maine State Police and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, Leahy said.

The stolen pills are estimated to have a street value of more than $25,000, Leahy said.

The missing narcotic medications include Oxycodin, OxyContin, Vyvance, Avinza, morphine sulfate tablets and methodone, Leahy said.

Police were alerted Friday night at 8:49 p.m. that Seacoast Security had called the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department to report motion alarms going off at the pharmacy at 2185 Main St.

The security company called within a minute of hearing the alarm, police officer Jared Austin said previously. He was on the scene within three minutes of taking the call from the dispatcher.

The front door to the building had been pried open and contents of a cabinet were taken, he said said.

Based on evidence, he believes there were at least two suspects and that they fled on foot heading north, down Main Street.

“We used a canine to track the suspects. The tracks end where there was probably a vehicle parked,” Austin had said. That was in the parking lot of the Village Scrub Board, a laundromat.

Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed suspicious activity, including a car or truck parked at the laundromat Friday night to call Rangeley police at 864-3579.

The Rangeley Pharmacy, attached to the IGA, is the only pharmacy in town. The complex, owned by Bob Wentworth, had been closed and empty of employees or customers for about 20 minutes when the alarms sounded, Austin had said.