A home invasion that apparently targeted a cache of marijuana-laced cookies triggered a brief lockdown at Earl Marriott Secondary Thursday.
Const. Janelle Shoihet said police seized approximately 8,000 homemade cookies "believed to contain marijuana" during a search of the home, located across the street from the high school, in the 15800-block of North Bluff Road.
Officers were alerted to an assault at the home just before noon April 18.
According to Shoihet, it occurred when a 22-year-old man interrupted a break-in to his residence. The victim was hit in the head with a crowbar, but was able to fend off two invaders.
Two males, described as approximately five-foot-seven and six feet tall, wearing black hoodies, fled the scene, running north across North Bluff Road into South Surrey, Shoihet said.
Investigators executing a search warrant on the home later that evening discovered the cookies and an undetermined amount of marijuana.
The victim and two women – one aged 20 and the other 54 – were arrested and are to appear in Surrey Provincial Court next month. They face a charge of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
The high school was locked down for just 17 minutes while police dealt with the incident.
Surrey School District spokesperson Doug Strachan confirmed police had asked the school's administrators to initiate the lockdown while they investigated. The request prompted a Code Yellow alert, in which students remain in their classrooms and doors to the building may be locked.
There was no imminent threat to student safety, Strachan said.
Shoihet confirmed police are still looking for the home-invasion suspects. Anyone with information may contact White Rock RCMP at 778-593-3600.