WELLPINIT, Wash. – The Spokane Tribal Police Department conducted an investigation at Wellpinit Middle/ High School after alleged drugs were found but it turned out to be sugar.
On Feb. 14, at around 12:21 p.m., Spokane Tribal police were contacted after a Wellpinit Middle/ High School teacher found a clear plastic baggie with an unknown substance after doing a classroom sweep.
Tribal police arrived and performed a field test on the unknown substance, the test came back positive for a possible controlled substance. The Spokane tribal police sent the substance to the Washington State Crime Lab for more conclusive identification.
Tribal Police then brought in a K-9 drug detection dog to sweep the entire building which revealed no drugs or contraband were found on the premises.
Spokane Tribal police requested help from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Drug Investigators since they possessed the equipment to test the alleged drugs faster than the Washington State Crime Lab.
Drug investigators and police found out that the alleged drugs were just sugar.
