Police Stepping Up Patrols of Haggetts Pond Following Quabbin Incident

With recent news of the individuals arrested outside of the Quabbin Reservior yesterday, Andover Police will be adding some extra patrols of Haggetts Pond, the town's water supply. 

Early Tuesday morning police found five foriegn students, from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Singapore, in a restricted area arround the Quabbin Reservoir, the drinking water supply for many communities in the state, including Boston.

While the five were determined to be just recent college graduates, the incident is causing police to take special notice around water supplies. 

In Andover, Lt. James Hashem said that they normally run patrols of Andover's supply, Haggetts Pond. But said that this may change their schedule a bit. 

"With the recent news, however, of course, we are stepping up our patrols in the area," said Hashem.  

Hashem would not comment specifically on how they would be changing patrols, citing security concerns. 

Water Department head Mike Murane was not available for comment immediately as of deadline.