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Third-grader gives bags of heroin to class

A third-grader in the US handed out more than 60 small bags of herointo his classmates before his teacher discovered them, police say.

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A third-grader in the US handed out more than 60 small bags of heroin to his classmates before his teacher discovered them, police say.

Police in Pennsylvania said the eight-year-old brought the bags to Turner Elementary School, in Wilkinsburg, on Tuesday.

At a news conference on Wednesday, police said some of the bags were found empty in a rubbish bin, but there was no evidence the kids had ingested the drugs.

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Police say the bags were stamped with the words "trust me."

School officials sent a letter home to parents about the incident.

Police are investigating how the boy got the drugs.

Wilkinsburg is about 8km east of Pittsburgh.


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