Specialized School Police agents found knives and tubes for the manufacture of “chagon” rifles and other objects during a search at Politecnico Francisco Antonio Batista Garcia, in Bonao. Meanwhile, groups of students protested at the incursion of police troops that searched all the school’s students and classrooms. El Caribe reports that the search was authorized by Education Minister Alejandrina German, at the request of School District 16-04. Scissors, daggers and gang necklaces were found. Three individuals in school uniform, who were identified as members of a gang, were arrested. The search was conducted by 43 police agents from Santo Domingo and Bonao after teachers and students had complained about the presence of arms and drugs in the school.