Pubdate: Fri,  8 Mar 2002
Source: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
Copyright: Allied Press Limited, 2002
Contact:  http://www2.odt.co.nz
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/925
Author: Debbie Jamieson

DEALER WAS 14

Queenstown: Public shock over a 12-year-old boy supplying drugs in the 
Queenstown area has been slightly lessened with the news he was actually 14.

Otago rural area controller Inspector Phil Jones, of Queenstown, said the 
age mistake was made by a staff member.

It was "probably not quite as bad" that the boy was older than at first 
thought, but "is definitely a concern", he said.

Wakatipu High School principal Kevin Orlowski included an explanation from 
Insp Jones about the boy in the high school's weekly newsletter yesterday.

The boy attended the school for two months at the end of 2001, about the 
time of the incident, which happened outside school hours.

The boy had subsequently left the area, Insp Jones said.

Mr Orlowski said he included the information in the newsletter to correct 
the error.
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