Spring-Ford Ninth Grade Center Locked Down for Drug Sweep

Students at the Spring-Ford Area Ninth Grade Center were placed in lockdown Friday morning as police and school officials conducted a surprise drug sweep of the facility.

Limerick Township Police Chief William Albany said students were kept in classrooms as police assisted by drug-sniffing dogs proceeded past lockers and student common areas.

Students had no contact with the dogs or with law enforcement as the operation progressed, Albany said.

District spokesperson Phil Ellingsworth said that no drugs were found.

According to Albany, the sweep did not take place in response to a tip, but instead had been planned for some months.

Both the Limerick Police Department and the school district were expected to issue official statements on the operation later Friday.