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Drug ring run by 14-year-old busted in Utah

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    Teen allegedly hired elementary students as drug runners

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From a police were shocked and saddened by the age of the suspects in a recent drug dealing investigation these kids can barely -- their -- -- let alone you know.

Go to school when their high officers busted his eighth grade student at Centennial middle school.

Saw him.

Getting handcuffed and -- and I've earnest talking right now.

-- -- cops say he was the ringleader who got even younger kids involved.

According to police.

Was recruiting students from here Franklin elementary sixth graders just eleven years old to go do his dirty work.

He would allegedly give them money to go buy pot from drug houses here in the pro area.

He use them to go to these.

-- home.

If you've never seen a drug house there.

Their putrid -- -- dangerous grace says she knows the teenage suspect and think she may have heard him discussing a deal before he was busted.

Like the day before I kind of heard them.

Kind of -- yeah I guess I heard him and -- talking about it and I kind of was suspicious about what was going on -- -- -- -- and they're -- buying something.

The sixth graders were suspended from Franklin elementary the fourteen year -- expelled.

And now faces dozens of felonies including drug distribution and child endangerment.

Because police say the crimes go back to last ball right now our focuses to find those people who sold drugs.

To be six graders meanwhile students here at Centennial middle are still in shock.

It was a huge deal it's like every earnest talking -- here -- -- and so got dressed and is kind of weird because we never.

Really hear about that -- -- -- -- problem in Provo Scott McCain -- thirteen years you tell.

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