Homeless boys scatter as police stop at their Long Street ‘home’

POLICE on their normal crime prevention duties walked the extra mile when they cleaned up the corner on Long Street and Monument Road on Wednesday morning.

Capt Jethro Mtshali, spokesman for Kempton Park SAPS, said Kempton’s Crime Prevention Unit were doing their normal stop-and-search operations in search for drugs when they stopped at this filthy corner.

The corner has been home to many homeless boys for months and has become an eyesore for those who pass by.

“The homeless boys ran in different directions when they saw the police. The police then took all the dirty rubble and blankets and loaded it into a police bakkie as part of the clean-up campaign,” Mtshali said.

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