Police and security companies have raided an empty property in Rosebank on Sturdee Avenue opposite the Rosebank Primary School, demolishing shacks and plucking out weeds on 6 February.
Residents had previously complained to the Rosebank Police Station about the empty stand where displaced people had set up shacks. The Rosebank Killarney Gazette reported that residents complained of the smoke emitted, from activities by the displaced people such as smoking dagga and using firewood to cook food, into their flats.
Rosebank Police Station spokesperson Sergeant Bongi Mdletshe confirmed that all stakeholders that took part in the raid were supportive in the initiative to clean the vacant land and thanked them for their support.
The police gave shack dwellers 30 minutes to evacuate the area, watch:
Sean Mantel from Special Ops 99 Security spoke about the operation on the property today (6 February), saying that there have been many reports of marijuana drifting into nearby apartments and even at the nearby school, watch:
Police and Special Ops security gathered the dagga illegally planted on the vacant property. The shack within the vacant property was also taken down and the two occupants who were present took their belongings and vacated the area.
Sergeant Mdletshe added that they will continue to monitor the situation, which includes making sure that the property has no vagrants until a building is erected.
A shack within the vacant property is taken down. Photo: Naidine Sibanda
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