No arrests had been made as of Thursday in connection with the searches on Tuesday by police and drug-sniffing dogs at the four Armstrong School District high school buildings.
Municipal and state police assisted county drug task force agents as they conducted a drug sweep of Kittanning, Ford City, Elderton and West Shamokin high schools during what investigators and district officials called a lockdown drill.
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According to a statement posted on the Armstrong School District website, the search was “a proactive approach to eliminating unwanted or illegal items in (the) schools.”
District Attorney Scott Andreassi said the narcotics detecting dogs alerted agents with “nine separate hits — with some occurring in West Shamokin and some in Elderton.”
Andreassi said those hits meant that the dogs detected something that falls anywhere within the range of the possible presence of drugs or drug paraphernalia to the trace of a resin or an odor.
Once the dog alerts police, a locker search is conducted in the presence of the student who uses the locker and the high school principal, he said.
Any possible charges linked to items found are filed at a later date pending more investigation, Andreassi said
