Many of the students weren’t even aware it was occurring, but Monday (August 30) afternoon officials at Lyons Elementary and Lyons Middle/High School
instigated a “soft” lockdown at the schools, because of a police action that was being conducted in the Riverside/Raymond area. SWAT teams from Boulder County, Larimer County, and Longmont, acting on a tip from some hikers, were searching for a “heavily armed” suspect who may have been conducting a marijuana grow operation on Forest Service land in the area west of Lyons.
About two dozens officers were involved in the operation.
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