No suspects are in custody after cash, pills and tobacco were stolen from two offices in the western Alaska city of Kwethluk, authorities say.
Friday, Alaska State Troopers received a report that $2,000 had been swiped from a safe in the Kwethluk City Office. Troopers responded Saturday, where they discovered a padlock on the front door had been cut and removed, an AST dispatch says. Drag marks on the floor also indicated the safe had been set on a sled and drug out of the building.
No footprints were found because of recent snowfall, and there are no suspects as of Monday afternoon. The safe has not been recovered.
The thievery continued as troopers received another report Saturday that the Kwethluk Post Office had also been broken into. According to troopers, a suspect, or suspects, forced open a cargo door and opened several packages, taking items that included pills and tobacco.
Footprints and a handprint were spotted in the snow outside, an AST dispatch says. The U.S. Postal Service was contacted about the burglary and a postal inspector will look into the incident.
Troopers encourage anyone with information about the two burglaries to contact Bethel troopers at 907-543-2294.