MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two people are in police custody after robbing a Rite Aid Pharmacy in Merced. It happened on Main Street near T Street Thursday night.
Police received reports that two suspects had taken prescription drugs during the robbery and fled the scene in a silver car. Officers spotted the suspects on northbound Highway 99. They led police on a pursuit before crashing their car into a light pole in Ripon.
No one was hurt.
Both suspects, who are from Sacramento, were arrested. Officers found a large amount of prescription drugs in the car.