A teacher’s intuition, and nose, led to the arrest of a Delaware high school student who police say had a gun and drugs in his backpack.
The Newark High School teacher called a school resource officer to a classroom after the teacher smelled the scent of marijuana around 9:30 a.m., said Newark Police.
The officer took the 16-year-old boy from the classroom and then found a small amount of weed and a loaded Ruger .380 caliber handgun in his backpack.
Police arrested the boy on a slew of counts including carrying a concealed weapon, drug possession and other counts and sent to New Castle County Jail unable to post $17,500 bail, said police.
The boy wasn’t identified since he is a minor.
