A male teacher, acting on a tip, found a .38 revolver yesterday aback of the girl’s toilet at St Mary’s Secondary on Princes Street. According to the police the weapon was in a sock.
Following the discovery of the weapon all of the students were rounded up in the school yard and each student and their bags searched.
No other weapon was found. No one was arrested because the weapon was not found in the possession of anyone and the owner could be ascertained.