A drug bust on and around the Texas Christian University campus in Fort Worth Wednesday morning led to the arrest of 17 current students, school officials say.
During a news conference Wednesday morning, officials said those arrested sold drugs to undercover narcotics officers both on and off campus during a six-month investigation.
“There is no doubt, all of those arrested today, are drug dealers,” said Steve McGee, TCU Chief of Police. “These individuals engaged in hand-to-hand delivery, for money, with undercover narcotics agents. We will continue to work proactively to curtail drug use on the TCU campus.”
McGee said the investigation began six months ago after multiple tips were received from students and parents.
“This shows that TCU students, staff and the community will not tolerate this kind of behavior on the TCU campus,” said McGee.
McGee said those arrested were selling marijuana, cocaine, Molly (ecstasy in powder form), ecstasy in pill form, acid and prescription drugs including Xanax, hydrocodone and others similar to Oxycontin.
Investigators have not yet released the names of those arrested Wednesday, but did say those implicated were all current students and included four members of the TCU football team and at least one member of a fraternity.
TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. said the busts do not represent a football problem, but a student problem, and that it was shocking and disappointing to learn of the investigation and arrests.
In a letter to students earlier in the morning, Boschini said that the school has never experienced a magnitude of student arrests such as this and that those students who are involved were immediately separated from the school and subject to expulsion.
Officials said the investigation is ongoing and that more arrests are possible.
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