Overview
- A Horizon Middle School student was detained after a peer reported he had a large quantity of blue pills shortly before noon.
- Police seized about 1,500 tablets that field tests indicate are likely counterfeit M30 pills laced with fentanyl.
- The 13-year-old was arrested on first-degree possession of a controlled substance and taken to the West Central Juvenile Detention Center.
- Investigators sent samples for laboratory analysis and are working to determine where the pills came from.
- Moorhead police and schools announced enhanced safety steps, including random K-9 sweeps, as one parent cooperates with the investigation.