Associated Press
Texas Christian University Police Chief Steven McGee, center facing camera, and Fort Worth Police Capt. Ken Dean, right foreground, talk before a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. Police say four TCU football players are among 17 students who have been arrested in a campus drug bust. McGee said the students arrested Wednesday were caught in an undercover operation selling marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs.
Texas Christian University Police Chief Steven McGee, center facing camera, and Fort Worth Police Capt. Ken Dean, right foreground, talk before a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. Police say four TCU football players are among 17 students who have been arrested in a campus drug bust. McGee said the students arrested Wednesday were caught in an undercover operation selling marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs. (Associated Press)
After a six-month investigation, authorities arrested 17 TCU students in a drug sting Wednesday morning.
According to The Associated Press, “those who were arrested were caught in ‘hand to hand’ sales of marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs to undercover shocking.”
TCU’s athletic department has been on people’s radar for the past year after it announced its move into the Big 12 Conference. Both SMU and TCU’s campuses were astounded by Wednesday’s events, especially since TCU released its 2012 football schedule less than 24 hours prior to the arrests.
“It’s a shame that an institution that has had many great academic and athletic strides recently has allowed this to happen,” Victor Tapia, an SMU senior, said. “The integrity of TCU has taken a major top.”
Finding hardcore drugs on college campuses is nothing new.
“I am not ignorant to that fact that there are drugs on college campuses, especially at private institutions where the students can typically afford harder drugs,” Gatewood said. “The amount of students involved [at TCU] was what was