A search of a student’s school bag prompted by a father’s concern over a missing kitchen knife led to the discovery of suspected cannabis at a secondary school on Friday.
Reports indicate that the parent contacted the school and asked staff to inspect his 14-year-old son’s backpack after a knife went missing from their home. While no knife was found, school officials reportedly discovered a quantity of cannabis concealed in a plastic bag inside the bag.
The matter was reported to the Criminal Investigations Department shortly before 10:00 a.m., and officers attended the school to collect the substance and the student’s bag.
The teenager was later interviewed at CID headquarters in the presence of his mother. Sources said he told investigators he had left the bag with another person while he went to buy sweets and was unaware the cannabis was inside.
Investigations are ongoing.
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keep them out of trouble, whether they like it or not
Likely story. It would be interesting to know if the missing knife was found and where, and have it forensically checked to see if it carried evidence of having been used in the practise of cutting up weed. I also hope that the mother would consent to get son undergoing blood analysis for marijuana compounds. That would better inform if the child was himself a user.
I think the father had some concerns and I applaud him for the stance he took in reporting the missing knife.
@ Joan they would most likely use scissors or a weed grinder rather than a knife…I somehow believe the weed belongs to the father….
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If the drug belonged to the father why would he asked for the bag to be searched, I think he would go to the school to retrieve it himself, I am thinking his son might be a hothead and he thought the son might have taken the knife for doing something untoward
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