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08/10/2007
Ecstasy Tablets Found Outside School
A bag containing about 500 ecstasy tablets has been found outside the gates of St Luke's Primary School in west Belfast.
The drugs, with a street value of approximately £2,000 and were pink in colour, were retrieved by a woman walking past the school in the Twinbrook area just after 2pm on Saturday.
A PSNI spokesman said: "Police attended the scene after being contacted by a neighbourhood safety scheme.
"Approximately 500 pink tablets were recovered. Tests are to be carried out to determine the nature of the tablets."
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The drugs, with a street value of approximately £2,000 and were pink in colour, were retrieved by a woman walking past the school in the Twinbrook area just after 2pm on Saturday.
A PSNI spokesman said: "Police attended the scene after being contacted by a neighbourhood safety scheme.
"Approximately 500 pink tablets were recovered. Tests are to be carried out to determine the nature of the tablets."
(CD)
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