Drug raids: We�ve only just begun, top cop says

Mmegi: What informed the latest raids and why now?

Lesetedi: We were concerned with the alarming rate of crime in general, especially in Gaborone.  One would say crime is rising and it has been mostly affecting the youth, something that challenged the police conduct an assessment of the factors influencing crime, hence the start of the recent raids. Through intelligence, we discovered that the majority of suspects, especially the youth, have started being violent, invading people’s homes day and night without fear. At times they went to the extent of assaulting people.