TEN STUDENTS ARRESTED ON MARIJUANA CHARGES

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.- Ten Indiana University students were asleep or cramming
for finals when police came to the door with arrest warrants.

"They were shocked," said Officer Dale Hannum, who coordinated a
semester-long investigation that led to the arrests on marijuana charges
early Monday. "They wanted to know why they couldn't go to their finals
this morning."

All 10 students were charged with at least one Class D felony, which
carries a minimum sentence of one year in jail. All 10 were also charged
with drug-related misdemeanors. Three of the students were charged with
felony possession of marijuana with intent to deal and felony cultivation
of marijuana.

Hannum said he also expects to file charges in the next few days against
another IU student for dealing cocaine, a Class A felony, and ecstasy, a
Class B felony.

The mass arrest of students on drug-related charges was the second IU
police have made this year. In December, 13 students were charged.

"There was definitely a ripple through the drug culture," Hannum said of
the first series of arrests. "It didn't stop the problem, but it sure did
slow it down."

During Monday morning's arrests, police confiscated more than 150 grams of
marijuana, as well as numerous smoking devices and paraphernalia used to
grow and distribute marijuana, according to Hannum.