CONCORD — Video surveillance showing suspended pharmacy technician Dawn Jonis stuffing oxycodone bottles in the pockets of her trousers at Hollis Pharmacy was shown to the Board of Pharmacy Wednesday afternoon.

Hollis Pharmacy owner Vahrig Manoukian installed video surveillance in April after discovering missing oxycodone tablets at the pharmacy in April, Todd Flanagan, an investigator with the Attorney General’s Office testified.

Video from May 27 shows Jonis putting two bottles into the pocket of her slacks.

An inventory check showed a 30mg bottle missing and a 15mg bottle missing, Flanagan said.

Another video was shown from June 2, the day Jonis was arrested by Hollis police.

Jonis did not appear at the hearing.

Manoukian, who is also president of the Pharmacy Board, recused himself from hearing the case involving his employee. Vice President Charles Fanaras chaired the session.

The board took under advisement the question of whether to continue the suspension of Jonis’ state license pending the outcome of the investigation.

Under questioning by Assistant Attorney General Sarah Blodgett, Investigator Flanagan also discussed text messages between Jonis and her son, which he said were consistent with coded messages involving a drug deal.

“Her version of this is supposedly about dog food,” Flanagan said. “She runs a pet store that is attached to the pharmacy, from what I understand.”

But he said of the text messages exchanged, “It’s very consistent with drug deals I’ve seen over the years.”

Jonis, 53, of was arrested by Hollis police June 2 for allegedly stealing narcotics from her employer.

Jonis is alleged to have stolen more than 3,000 oxycodone tablets from the pharmacy. She was arraigned in Nashua District Court and bound over to Superior Court on two counts of theft by unauthorized taking, Class A misdemeanors, and two counts of possession of a narcotic drug, Class B felonies.

Pharmacist gives up license

Separately, the Pharmacy Board accepted the voluntary license surrender from Dartmouth pharmacist Jeffrey Licht, 62, who was accused of diverting oxcyodone from Dick’s House Pharmacy, which is part of Dartmouth’s Student Health Services.

The pharmacy board’s complaint said Licht was prescribed 9,761 tablets of hydrocodone/acetaminophen between August 2010 and March 2012 from a physician who was summarily suspended by a medical board from another state for inappropriately prescribing drugs.

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Denis Paiste may be reached at dpaiste@unionleader.com.