An undercover police officer who posed as a
California high school student for eight months
has led to the arrest of 12 students on drug
related charges.
The students aged 15 to 19 of Exeter Union High
School were arrested after the 22-year-old officer
who went by the name of 'Johnny Ramirez'
infiltrated their alleged drug ring.
The school was put on a 90-minute lockdown
Wednesday afternoon while the arrests were made to
11 of the accused students.
'We made the campus safer today. And for those who
think they got away with something, I hope they
rethink their behaviour,' Exeter Police Chief
Cliff Bush told the Visalia Times-Delta.
The first arrest that morning was at the home of
Eli Perkins, 18, whom students accuse as being the
ringleader for the drug sales. His parents were
also detained for questioning.