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Brockton school police report sealed bag testing positive for fentanyl at high school; building searched

Brockton School Committee · January 5, 2026
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School police said a sealed bag containing fentanyl was found at Brockton High School; the room was quarantined and cleaned, K-9 teams searched the building with no further finds, and the district instituted spot checks and parent notifications.

Lieutenant Banaca, the school safety liaison, briefed the committee on a September 29 incident at Brockton High School in which a sealed bag containing a white powder tested positive for fentanyl.

Banaca said staff turned the sealed bag over to school police and that the item remained enclosed while it was field-tested in cooperation with the Brockton Police Department. "They tested positive for…

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