14 TEENS ARRESTED IN GATINEAU DRUG SWEEP

Gatineau police arrested 13 Nicolas-Gatineau secondary school students
and another teen in a drug sweep during the lunch hour yesterday.

Twelve boys and two girls between the ages of 14 and 17 were arrested
off school property, police said. A small quantity of marijuana was
seized.

Thirteen of the teens face possible charges of drug possession, while
one was being questioned about trafficking, police said.

Police said the arrests resulted from a partnership with the de la
Verendrye Boulevard school, and because of complaints from residents
and businesses in the area. It was the second drug sweep at a Gatineau
high school in a week. Six students were arrested in a similar police
operation at du Versant secondary school on March 15.