Police were summoned on Tuesday to a city school after one of the students was found with a quantity of marijuana and it was later discovered that a gang was operating from the school peddling not only drugs but also stolen items.
Stabroek News was told that five male students of the school were detained. However, two of the students were reported to be back yesterday at the institution, which was recently in the news over another matter.
According to an official at the school, on Tuesday teachers there were making random checks after receiving reports that some students were selling drugs in the school. A form two student was discovered in a class with several packets of marijuana which were packaged for sale. The child was questioned extensively by the teachers but he refused to divulge information and the headmistress took the decision to call in the police. This newspaper was told that three police officers visited the school and after questioning the child he broke down and called the name of a third form student who is reportedly the head of a group called the ‘G Unit’ which for sometime has been peddling illegal items in the school.
The names of three other students were called and they were all taken down to the station by the police with the alleged group leader vehemently denying any involvement.
According to reports the Ministry of Education has been informed about the incident and an investigation is expected to be launched. An official at the school said that regardless of how many of the alleged group members are charged by the police the school would attempt to have all of the members of the gang relocated to another institution.
The students who were held have reportedly told the police that it is not only marijuana they peddle but stolen video games and a shop in the area is their base.
This newspaper was also told that some of the students are traumatised after seeing the police officers at the school and since then they have been talking about nothing else.
It is expected that at least one of the boys, on whom the drugs was found, would be charged. The parents of the children involved have been contacted on the matter and some of them have visited the school and were shocked to hear that their children have been involved in gang-related incidents.
