11 Teens Held in Drug Sales at High Schools
Authorities arrested 11 teenagers Tuesday on suspicion of selling such drugs as LSD, marijuana and Ecstasy at high schools in the Palm Springs area.
The arrests capped a six-month investigation by the Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force, which includes agents from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and the Indio, Cathedral City and Palm Springs police departments.
The investigation focused on Cathedral City and La Quinta high schools, where the arrests took place, said task force commander Val Jimenez.
More than $5,000 worth of drugs was seized from the teenagers’ homes and schools, along with 26 firearms, most of them high-powered assault weapons, Jimenez said. Some of the weapons were illegal to possess, including a homemade rifle with a silencer, the commander said, and others were not registered.
“One can only speculate why they had them,” Jimenez said. “Most belonged to parents, but they had access to them.
No suspects’ names were released, but authorities said they were all males. One was 18 and the others were younger.
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