Police
deputies recovered marijuana, hash, various prescription pills, crack, cocaine
and meth in a recent drug raid in Riverside, California. Two dozen high school students were arrested
for allegedly selling illegal drugs on their campuses.
The
Riverside County Sherriff’s office said they were able to identify 23 juvenile
students and two adults between Perris High School in Perris and Paloma Valley
High School in Meniffee who were involved in selling drugs during the past four
months of an undercover investigation.
Police posing as high school students were used as decoys to gather
information and evidence against the drug ring.
The
underage students were taken to Juvenile Hall and the adult students were
transported to a detention center in Murietta.
Perris Union High School Superintendent Jonathan Greenberg emailed
parents and stated “I want the students to know we have ways to deter them from
this. It is our obligation to do our
best to keep our campuses clean.”
The
Riverside County Sherriff’s office was still searching for one more student
believed to have something to do with the matter. A female and male police officer posed as
high school students starting in August of 2013. Greenberg stated the operation was a highly
secret activity done in order to protect the safety of the officers and to
avoid compromising the integrity of the investigation.
The
sheriff’s office reached out to the school district officials in order to get
permission to conduct the undercover sting operation, before it started. The Special Investigations Bureau collects
information about the drug sales and drug use going on in Riverside County, to
help find out where the substances are being trafficked from and in order to
put an end to the rampant drug problem facing California’s youth.
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