A 5-year-old boy brought packets of heroin to a show and tell at his kindergarten, leading to the arrest of his stepfather.

The child was proudly displaying packets of a powdery substance to his kindergarten classmates in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Monday when his teacher noticed what he was holding, Detective Keith Bryant of the Bridgeport Police Department said.

"He was waving it around," Bryant said, adding that the teacher collected the packets and immediately notified her supervisors.

Authorities were called and a field test determined the substance was heroin, he said.

Later, the child's stepfather, Santos Roman, 35, showed up at the school and was arrested.

"He went to retrieve it (the heroin), and it wasn't there so he came back for his stepson," Bryant said.

Roman was arraigned on Tuesday on three drug-possession charges, including intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school and risk of injury to a minor, police said. Roman was held on $100,000 bail.

What is heroin?

Heroin is a drug made from morphine, which is extracted from the opium poppy. Street heroin can be sold as 'brown' or 'smack'. It is often 'cut' with other drugs or poisonous substances, so people often don't know what they are buying - making it extremely dangerous and it can carry a high risk for an overdose.

Warning:

Heroin is highly addictive and people can quickly get hooked.

Injecting heroin and sharing injecting equipment can  be very risky, as it runs the risk of the injector catching or spreading a virus, such as HIV or hepatitis C.

There is also the risk that veins may be damaged and that an abscess or blood clot may develop. - Source: talktofrank.com, drugs.com

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Apr 11, 2012

MORNACHIESS

Good.
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Apr 11, 2012

candilious

God worksinmysterious ways...........Good wrk young chap just glad you did not try to taste it
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Apr 11, 2012

Tasto

Aagh man stepdad what do expect !!
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Apr 11, 2012

SKIZOBANTWANA

Jeeeeeeeeeeeer $100 000.00 bail yesus.. that's too much maan
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Apr 11, 2012

Tasto

Aagh man stepdad what do you expect !!
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Apr 11, 2012

TKay

What a messed up step father
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Apr 11, 2012

willows

Are u kidding me, $100 000 bail? n hw much is dat in Rands?
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Apr 11, 2012

pastormbhoro

hide that child from stepdad, he has cost him too much money.
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Apr 11, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

Thank God the child did not emulate the step father, otherwise he will not only be charged for possession but also manslaughter/murder or whatever the yankees call it
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Apr 11, 2012

RobinH

iPhone. I've been around a long time and have a vast range of friends and contacts. I also read voraciously and absorb useful information whenever I can. I believe that information is the key to understanding the world, and that there is no such thing as useless information. A use will appear at some stage, so I absorb. Also I'm a father who had teenage children (now adults) and who moved in circles with the drug-culture. As such I needed to know as much as possible about things that might affect my children and their friends. I must thank you for your remark. I consider it very flattering. Thanks.
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