Children aged 13-15 were reportedly offered 1,000 denars a head to sell amphetamines to their classmates inside a primary school in Karposh, Skopje. Older teenagers - operating from outside the school - recruited 8th and 9th graders as drug couriers. Police have been notified and an investigation is underway.

This is not an isolated case. Between January and March 2026, police arrested seven people aged 14-18 for drug dealing - an operation that exposed networks targeting both primary and secondary schools across Skopje. After those arrests, bag checks were introduced at the entrances of secondary schools.

Parent reactions are blunt. "When I heard that 8th-graders were being offered amphetamines, I was genuinely scared," one parent said. The parents' council held an emergency meeting. The question is obvious: how long has this network existed before anyone reacted? And why have primary schools been left out of the entrance-check system until now?

1,000 denars - less than 20 euros. That is what a child's innocence is worth when someone decides to profit at its expense.