The Lejweleputswa police are concerned about dangerous weapons, toy guns, liquor and drugs found in local schools.
Maj. Gen. Lerato Molale, district commissioner of Lejweleputswa, has requested the intervention of parents to regularly search their children’s school bags.
On Friday (04/11) a joint operation comprising Bultfontein police members, the Department of Correctional Services, Home Affairs, community patrollers, the community policing forum and the Tswelopele Traffic Department was held, and a school was visited.
The learners were searched and Okapi knives, a self-made knife, scissors, drugs and dagga were found.
These items are not allowed at school, yet learners are found in possession of them, says Molale.
In Thabong, Partnership Policing members visited schools where weapons, and drugs like nyaope and dagga, were found.
In Welkom, Social Crime Prevention members also visited schools and various drugs, weapons and liquor were found in the learners’ possession.
In Kgotsong, Bothaville, a learner threatened an educator with a gun. When the learner was arrested, it was found to be a toy gun.
“This female educator was afraid to attend school due to threats from the learner,” says Capt. Stephen Thakeng, media liaison officer for the Lejweleputswa police.
“We are appealing to parents to make sure that school bags are regularly searched to ensure that their children are not taking unlawful items into the school environment.”
Thakeng says learners disrupt learning when they are under the influence of drugs.
“We will continue to ensure that our learners are and feel safe by making visits to search for unlawful items.”
