Drugs as well as a knife are among the many items confiscated by police following a drug raid at West Ridge High School on Wednesday morning 31 July.
Roodepoort South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Colonel Chris Wilken confirmed that police confiscated 18 sticks of dagga, a knife, six cigarette lighters as well as few pairs of scissors after searching at least 18 classrooms.
A total of nine SAPS, four Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officers, six members of the Roodepoort Youth Desk and a representative of the Department of Community Safety in Gauteng were involved in the bust.
“We arrested a 17-year-old pupil who was in possession of drugs. He will be taken to the police station where he will be released in his parents’ custody.”
A reliable source told the Record, “At least seven pupils in Grades 8 to 10 were caught and taken to the principal’s office”.
The raid was said to be pre-planned and educators knew beforehand. These pupils are believed to be regular offenders and claim they deal in drugs to make money to buy textbooks.
“We are a government school and textbooks are free,” the source told the Record.
“Drug awareness is countrywide; and we will be identifying other schools in the area at any given time,” Wilken concluded.
