Gun found on Cumberland County high school campus Wednesday, student arrested

Joseph Pierre, Fayetteville Observer
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A student at a Cumberland County high school was arrested Wednesday after a gun, ammo and drugs were found on campus.

According to a Sheriff's Office news release, staff members at Pine Forest High School received a complaint about a possible weapon on the campus at South View High School, nearly 20 miles away in Hope Mills.

A school resource officer searched the bag of the suspected offender, a student at South View High School, and ammunition and a plastic baggie containing blue pills in the student's backpack, the release said.

A black .45 caliber handgun was also found on campus, the Sheriff's Office said. Officials did not say where the gun was found or how it was connected to the student.

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Detectives filed a petition with the Department of Juvenile Justice charging the student, whose age was not released, with possession of a firearm on an educational property, possession of a controlled substance and altering or removing a gun serial number, according to the release.

Public safety reporter Joseph Pierre can be reached at jpierre@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Student arrested, gun and drugs found at South View High School