Original Blog Entry: Kindergartner caught with 18 bags of heroin at school

truesee — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:19:28 GMT

Kindergartner caught with 18 bags of heroin at school, cops say he handed it out to classmates

Lukas I. Alpert

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Thursday, May 19th 2011, 9:26 AM

WTAE

Police were called to a Pittsburgh kindergarten class after a 7-year-old boy turned up with 18 bags of heroin.

Some kids play doctor - this kid played Dr. Feelgood.

Police were called to a Pittsburgh kindergarten class after a 7-year-old boy turned up with 18 bags of heroin and began handing them out to classmates.

The kids are calling it 'the magic ticket' because it is a white pack with a stamp of a bunny coming out of a hat, police spokeswoman Diane Richard told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The boy told police that he found the bags at home and did not know what they were.

Police were alerted after the boy cut his finger on a razor blade, prompting the principal to look inside his schoolbag and spot the drugs.

Cops brought in a drug-sniffing dog, which found even more in the boy's locker.

The packets of heroin, similar to the one above, had a bunny rabbit stamped on it. (WTAE)

School officials alerted parents, three of whom came forward with bags of heroin they'd found in their children's possession.

Officials say it does not appear any of the kids had taken the drug, which can be lethal in any amount to children of that age.

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