The Fort Worth Police Department and Texas Christian University Campus Police concluded a drug investigation, resulting in the arrest of several current TCU students today, according to a news release from TCU Chancellor Victor Boschini.

“While this news is certainly shocking and disappointing, it is important to remember that TCU has clear expectations for its students: that they behave in an ethical manner, abide by campus policies and adhere to state and federal law,” Boschini said in the release.

In the release, Boschini said the students were acting in a “manner that is incompatible with TCU values and against the law.”

“The students involved were immediately separated from TCU and criminally trespassed from campus,” Boschini said in the release. “Further, according to university policy, students arrested and found in violation of distributing drugs are subject to immediate expulsion from TCU.”

TCU has never experienced the arrest of so many students, Boschini said in the release. He explained that only five student arrests were related to drug law violations in recent years at TCU.

“I have asked our vice chancellor for student affairs, Dr. Kathy Cavins-Tull, to examine whether any new programs or procedures need to be implemented to curtail this type of behavior in the future,” Boschini said in the release. “The Fort Worth Police Department also has offered to help in these efforts.”

Boschini said in the news release that the arrests have changed the lives of the arrested students as well as the TCU community. He said the next few weeks will be difficult for the university.

“There is no doubt that it will hurt to see our name associated with this type of behavior. But we must not allow this moment to define us,” Boschini said in the news release. “We must remember that we are overwhelmingly a community of dedicated students, faculty and staff and focused on changing the world through our collective work and commitment to leadership.”