SENATOBIA, Miss — Two 18-year-old high school students were arrested in Senatobia, Mississippi, Tuesday morning after Senatobia High School administrators found drugs on them, which later led to the discovery of a handgun in one of their cars.
According to Senatobia Police, a school staff member saw two students possessing a vape pen, which had a cartridge containing THC. The school investigated this, including a search of their cars in the presence of police.
Shortly into the search of one student's car, more marijuana was located, and a handgun was seen on the floorboards of the other student's car.
The two students were arrested and charged with misdemeanor drug possession. Senatobia Police said, according to Mississippi state law, the student cannot be charged with bringing a gun on campus because the student did not "brandish, exhibit or display the firearm in any careless, angry or threatening manner."
Police said the inability to charge the student for the gun in the car does not prohibit the school district from imposing administrative penalties on the student.