Street vendors sell marijuana to primary students

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | Tuesday September 26, 2017 11:16

 

When addressing the residents of Monarch, Moswaane said that  many street vendors supply marijuana to both Monarch and Phatlhogo primary schools during breakfast and lunch time.

He said that according to the reports from the mentioned primary schools, some of the vendors place marijuana in fat cake as a way of covering their illegal trade.

Moswaane said that the trending evil deed came to light as some of the pupils, who were suspected to have smoked dagga at school, were caught brawling.

 He said that some of the major  suppliers of marijuana stay in Monarch, keeping large quantities of the drug at their storerooms in both Mathangwane and in Phase Six. The MP alleged that the majority of them use a shoe tied to an electronic wire as a way they can easily be  identified by their customers.

Monarch South resident, Sefalana Marusi pleaded with the police to always search street vendors who sell sweets and fat cakes to students during break and lunch time. Marusi said that the perpetrators should be punished severely so that they do not repeat the same crime.

She indicated that such behaviour contributes to the poor performance of the students.

Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officer, Fanta Balo admitted that there were street vendors who used their commodities, especially fat cakes as a way of selling marijuana to pupils in primary schools. Balo said that they can only get search warrants and arrest these criminals if they have received a tip-off from the community. 

He therefore appealed to the public to provide information that would lead to the arrest of drug dealers. Another CID officer at the Kgotla meeting also raised a concern about the alarming number of defilement cases they are registering.

He said that the victims are usually young girls  below 13-years-of-age,  and a majority of the incidents occur at home where the girls are supposed to be safe.

Balo pleaded with the members of the community to help them arrest the culprits so that justice can prevail and for mothers to take particular care of their young girls.