By Cpl. Jack Nash
PIO OCSO
OKEECHOBEE -- On Aug. 23, Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) and Okeechobee City Police (OCP) conducted a joint operation on the campus of Okeechobee High School for narcotics or paraphernalia.
During the operation, school resource deputies and Okeechobee High School administrators teamed with the sheriff's office and police K-9 teams to search over 250 book bags from a single building picked randomly.
There were 14 positive alerts. Two of the students were caught with "dab pens" containing T.H.C. (marijuana); one student had multiple "dab pens" in their possession and is suspected to have been distributing these items to other students on campus.
Instead of arresting the students, the sheriff's office issued a civil citation to each involved, and the school board will handle any administrative issues per their code of conduct.
