Boy brings cocaine-filled balloons to school, sending 13 kids to hospital, authorities say | PaysToPost.com: A 13-year-old boy brought balloons full of cocaine to his school Friday, resulting in medical exams for a group of his schoolmates, police said.
Fortunately, all of the children tested negative, FOX 26 of Fresno reported.
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The students at Carl F. Smith Middle School in Terra Bella, about 43 milles north of Bakersfield, discovered two balloons in the playground, the Visalia Times Delta reported, citing law enforcement.
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13 kids were exposed to cocaine this morning at Carl F. Smith Middle School in Terra Bella. The drug was inside balloons detectives say a 13-year-old brought to school https://kmph.com/news/local/kids-exposed-to-cocaine-at-tulare-co-school …
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Kids exposed to cocaine at Tulare Co. school
Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux held a news conference Friday afternoon to give details about children being exposed to drugs at school. Sheriff Boudreaux said deputies were called to the campus...
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School officials assumed the white powdery substance inside the balloons was flour, but as a precaution called authorities around 8:30 a.m., Sheriffs Lt. Kevin Kemmerling said.
“The deflated balloons, similar to drug bindle packaging, had a white powdery substance inside and outside the packaging,” the Tulare County Sheriffs Office said in a statement.
Narcotics officers determined the substance was cocaine.
Authorities found traces of the drug on the boys shirt and in his home after a K9 search, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. No additional cocaine was found at the school, the Sheriffs Office said.
“The reasons (the students) contacted school staff is they were messing with the balloons and they pulled open the balloons and saw white powdery substance and two students became very dizzy,” Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said.
In all, 13 kids were exposed to the drug, and transported to a hospital 9 miles away, officials said. Classes resumed after investigators gave an all-clear.
Meanwhile, ivestigators were questioning the boy.
Upon hearing the news, parents flocked to the school to ensure their childrens safety, the Times Delta reported. Some heard the news through social media, while others did not know until they picked up their kids.
“Im very concerned for my daughters safety at school after today,” said one paper cited by the Times Delta. “The school should give more attention to the kids. This is scary.”
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