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Mmadinare senior student busted for dagga

Dagga PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Dagga PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

FRANCISTOWN: A Mmadinare Senior Secondary School Form 5 student is in police custody for illegal possession of dagga.

According to Selebi Phikwe Police Station commander, Nicholas Kadiatla, the 17-year-old boy was arrested last week on the school premises.

He said that the Form 5 boarding student was caught red-handed with eight sachets of a green-like substance suspected to be dagga. “We are still investigating how the illegal substance has reached the school premises,” he added.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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