A 10-year-old boy in Alessio near
Savona has been reported to social services after hashish was
found in his school bag.
The case has also been reported to the local prefecture and
minors' court.
The boy took the drugs out of his backpack and showed it to his
classmates in the last year of elementary school, trying to
impress them, school sources said.
One of the pupils reported the incident to the teacher who
called the police.
Officers seized the hashish, which was wrapped up in books and
jotters, while the boy broke out crying.
A probe has been opened to establish where the drugs came from,
the local edition of Turin-based La Stampa daily reported.
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