Four children taken to hospital and woman arrested after '˜drugs' found at Yorkshire primary school
The alarm was raised around 1pm today at Holywell Green Primary School near Elland.
A woman in her 20s has been arrested in connection with the incident.
West Yorkshire Police has not said what was in the tablets.
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Hide AdOne parent claimed a bag of drugs was brought into the school on Stainland Road by a child.
In a statement the force said: “Police were called at around 1pm to an incident at a primary school in Elland in which some children had come into contact with what believed to be tablets.
“Four children were taken to hospital as a precaution, but have since all been discharged.
“A woman in her 20s has been arrested in connection with the incident.
“Enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances.”
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Hide AdCalderdale Council’s Director for Adults and Children’s Services, Stuart Smith said: “We are aware that some children from a school in Calderdale have attended hospital today and their parents have been informed.
“Police and social workers are investigating the circumstances.”