Tijuana municipal police detained a minor accused of selling marijuana cigarettes inside a secondary school in Tijuana.[1][2][3][4][5] The school is a secondary school in colonia Libertad, where a student was allegedly offering the cigarettes to other students, according to the municipal security secretariat SSPCM.[1][2][5] With the school authority’s permission, officers entered the premises and teaching staff identified the adolescent as the alleged seller.[1][2][4][5]

During the check officers found a case holding several cigarettes containing a substance with characteristics similar to marijuana.[1][2][3][4][5] In the mother’s presence, officers seized the substance and money allegedly earned from the sales.[1][2][5] The minor was then handed over to the investigative authority, which will determine his legal situation under the applicable law.[1][2][3][4][5]

A second Tijuana outlet confirms municipal police were called about the alleged sale at the colonia Libertad secondary school.[6] The SSPCM urged mothers and fathers to strengthen communication with their children about the legal and health risks of possessing, using and selling illicit substances.[6][2][5]