Crime & Safety

Police Allegedly Find Pot During Locker Search

A 17-year-old student was arrested for possession of a small amount of marijuana at Saucon Valley High School on Sept. 23, according to a Lower Saucon Police Department press release.

A 17-year-old female student from Hellertown was arrested and charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana following a drug search at Sept. 23, Lower Saucon Township police reported in a press release issued Friday, Sept. 30.

According to police, at 8:30am on Sept. 23 police utilized their K-9 unit to conduct a drug search of lockers at the high school.

Charges against the student have been filed with Northampton County Juvenile Probation, police said.

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