| Detective Inspector Jim Graham, leading the inquiry, says his team are keeping an open mind as to how amphetamine, popularly known as speed, wound up in Mossgiel Primary.
But the father of the P1 pupil at the centre of the probe says he doubts the investigation will yield results.
The boy reportedly took home in his coat pocket what is thought to have been a wrap containing less than half-a-gramme of the substance. It was later found by his parents, who immediately contacted police.
DI Graham said conceded there was not a lot of direct evidence. He said the team were awaiting the analysis of a second set of DNA samples.
“We are at a forensic stage at the moment,” said DI Graham. “We have taken samples from a number of people and are hoping to be moving on that in the next two weeks after getting the results from forensics.”
He explained that the results were important to establish who had come into contact with the drug’s wrap.
“As with any investigation, we need to rule people out before we can rule people in,” he added. “It is time consuming.”
When news of the incident broke, anger was sparked among local parents who claimed the city council had failed to properly inform them of what had taken place. |
