Undercover officer poses as high school student, finds drugs and stolen weapons

Some are comparing this one to the plot of '21 Jump Street.'

An undercover officer in Glynn County posed as a high school student for six months, as part of 'Operation Bad Grade.'

Glynn County Schools Police Chief Rod Ellis tells us the officer is in his 20s and that he spent time taking classes at Glynn Academy and hanging out with students outside of school as well.

"He was young looking. He's in his 20s but he looks like a high school student. He fully integrated as a student," Ellis says.

That officer says he saw sales of cocaine, pills, and marijuana both on and off campus and that he even uncovered the trafficking of stolen weapons.

Ellis calls the undercover operation is a new tactic for an old problem.

"Certainly, it's been dramatized in the movies and in television, but we were trying to stick to what we knew would work here in the high school setting and not try and emulate any movie," Ellis adds.

'Operation Bad Grade' ended with 8 arrests, with half either current or former students at Glynn Academy.

19-year-old Derrick Scott, 19-year-old Detawn Hardy, 31-year-old Darnell Manson, 18-year-old Alexandra Harris, 27-year-old Joseph Mincey, and 76-year-old Elnora Mincey were all arrested.

Two juveniles were also arrested.