Letlhakane turning into drug hotspot
Lesedi Mkhutshwa | Wednesday July 5, 2023 06:00
According to Letlhakane Police Station commander, Superintendent Michael Maphephu, 16 drug-related cases have been recorded since the beginning of the year.
He said drug distribution has become a challenge in their policing area adding they have made arrests in different business and school premises. Maphephu said the drug dealers usually target unemployed youth to distribute dagga, ‘cat’ and other drugs in the community and amongst students. He said over the weekend they arrested two men, aged 20 and 24, who were caught red-handed with a substance suspected to be ‘cat’. He indicated that the drug-dealing duo was caught in a raid at their rented house in Phase 1 location.
“After being caught with four grammes of cat, the suspects told the police on duty that they were just consumers and there was a supplier,” he added. On a different matter, Maphephu said they have registered six break-in cases at new plots in Phase 1 and Phase 2 extensions. He said most of the complainants did not secure their premises.
Therefore, he called on people who are residing in the area to make it a habit of closing their windows at night and installing burglar-proof doors.