Campaigning grandmother Maddie Fuller has started a crusade to stop children getting involved with drugs.

Mrs Fuller wants to stop young people using drugs after a 12-year-old boy alleged he saw fellow pupils smoking cannabis.

He said other children smoked cigarettes on the school bus.

Mrs Fuller, of High Street, Walton, who has 20 grandchildren, has offered to get on schoolbuses to ensure pupils behave.

Mrs Fuller said she was prepared to get banners and "stomp up and down" to get her message across.

The mother-of-eight said: "We don't think the schools are doing enough."

Two years ago Mrs Fuller and another woman offered to act as security on buses and pay for their insurance but their offer was turned down.

Mrs Fuller said more should be done to stop children getting access to drugs.

The 12-year-old pupil, who attends the junior section of Tendring Technology College at Thorpe, said he had seen other students smoking on the schoolbus and he knew of one boy who rolled a joint before going to school.

Michael Watson, principal of Tendring Technology College, said any pupil found to have dealings with drugs would be permanently excluded but that had not happened for several years.

He added for legal and insurance reasons Mrs Fuller could not go on the buses and said there was no evidence of drug abuse on the buses.

Act Insp John Meggison said three juveniles had been arrested at Walton Youth Club on Wednesday night on suspicion of drugs offences.

One had been cautioned and the other two were released without charge, he added.

Insp Meggison said any help anyone could give in stopping drugs was appreciated.

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