Pupil caught with drugs as police descend on school
APUPIL was caught with drugs after police were called to a Gwynedd secondary school. Officers arrived at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, Caernarfon, last Wednesday lunchtime following “intelligence that some individuals were in possession of drugs”.
Police said the school had asked them to attend.
A pupil was found in possession of Class B drugs but police said no arrests were made.
Witnesses said uniformed and plain clothes officers could be seen at the school.
A North Wales Police spokesman said: “We had intelligence that some individuals were in possession of drugs and we were asked by the school to attend this week.
“One person was found in possession of class B drugs and will be dealt with.”
Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen referred all questions relating to the incident to Gwynedd Council.
A council spokesman said: “We can confirm that there was an incident at the school yesterday.
“We are co-operating fully with North Wales Police.
“The matter is being dealt with by the police and it would not be appropriate for us to make any further comment.”
The school, which was established in 1894, caters for more than 800 pupils aged 11 to 18 from Caernarfon and the surrounding villages.
It is named after Sir Hugh Owen, a pioneer of higher education in Wales who was the main founder of the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth.