One of the many drug dealers at Tolleson High School being led away by Sheriff Deputies.
Tolleson, AZ — A two year undercover drug sting came to a close today as almost 100 students at Tolleson Union High School in Arizona were arrested. The students apprehended were in a sting called Operation Disco Party. Over the course of two years, undercover deputies posed as high school students to catch those possessing and selling drugs.
“The charges include selling narcotics and possession of narcotics,” said Paul Horner who is the district attorney heading up the case.
The two year drug sting brought in 29 marijuana cigarette joints, 3 ecstasy pills, a half gram of extremely potent salvia, and four dried banana peels which the students were intending to scrape and get high with.
The ages of the criminals ranged from 14-17. The 17-year-olds will be tried as adults says Horner.
“The amount confiscated over this two year period was clearly intended for mass distribution, probably globally,”says DEA agent Benji Sakoia.
One cop who did not wish to be named, told KSAZ FOX 10 that in total the drugs confiscated had a street value worth more than $50,000.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio who headed up the two year investigation spoke to reporters about the success of this operation. “This is your tax payer money at work. We’re cleaning up the streets and locking up the bad guys,” said Arpaio. “When these drug dealers get out of jail, excuse me – if they get out of jail, they will all have records that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. Today was a huge win in the war against drugs.” Arpaio continued,”During this sting we also caught two students masturbating in the men’s restroom, so those individuals will be facing masturbating in public charges as well. They will have to register as sex offenders once they get out of prison.”
If you have information about this case, Phoenix Police are urging you to contact Silent Witness at (785) 273-0325. As always you can remain anonymous.
What a WASTE of tax payer money!
F*ck Joe Arpaio!
Damn kids with their damn drugs. I hope they learn their lesson.
“The two year drug sting brought in 29 marijuana cigarette joints, 3 ecstasy pills, a half gram of extremely potent salvia, and four dried banana peels which the students were intending to scrape and get high with.”
Are you Fucking Kidding me? 100 students whose lives are now going to be horribly altered forever, reducing the chances of any sort of normal life, not because the drugs, but the ridiculous charges layered onto them. How many man hours and money were wasted on 30 joints which if the weed was removed from the joints and put in a large pile would probably still be less then an ounce. 200$ worth of weed.
“When these drug dealers get out of jail, excuse me – if they get out of jail, they will all have records that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. Today was a huge win in the war against drugs.”
the drug war is a failure and a money racketing scheme. people are becoming aware of this.
Complete waste. Wow.. Those poor kids. I bet they drove past meth and heroin houses thousands of times to perform this 2 year investigation. But there’s no federal profit from those busts, are there?
Way to keep the streets clean from these hooligans Joe Arpaio!
Way to get those filthy drug dealers out of that school so the real kids have a chance to learn!
i’ll bet they were setups by overly aggressive undercover agents repeatedly coaxing their new best buddy to sell them some dope.
$50,000???
29 j’s even if it was super awesome, $500 is a stetch
3 ecstacy pills like 150 at best.
salvia isnt illegal yet is it, still half a gram like 50 or 100
that math doesnt add up
ok i was way off on salvia 6 grams of just leaf is like 7 dollars. 60x extract is 31 for a half gram
Total deadbeat group of cops..wall street is ripping off to the tune of billions and these idiots are check for weed? They keep making laws that “they” want, but refuse to listen to the PUBLIC! WHY?
What utter bullshit. One hundred kids were charged for a few joints, three pills and some saliva (which by the way used to be legal – although so was weed before Anslinger). However, the fact that HUNDRED children were busted over something so goddamn silly isn’t even the worst part. It’s the fact that an unknowable number of other crimes (assaults, rape, shootings, etc.) were passed over because these LEOs decided to waste our funding on such an INANE project. I really do hope that some day we all learn from governmental bullshit like this because this is not the America I want my grandchildren growing up in.
Kids think they’re so big when they are in high-school. “We sell drugs and use them. We’re almost adults.” Well, now they’ll be tried as adults and stricken of all civil rights as criminals. Let’s see you smoke your weed now!