It is said that the new system entails pupils or drug dealers opening packets of Eno or snacks and filling them with either dagga or ‘nyaope’ and then reseal the packaging for the purpose of later use, thereby misleading parents, teachers or elders into believing that pupils did not have anything harmful on them.
Speaking to Sedibeng Ster, SDM Crime Prevention Manager Buti Kele said that this is a new trend the public should be aware of, particularly those children that are attending schools in town as this makes for an easier method to hide the drugs.
“Parents and teachers must be aware of this new style. Community members must please inform the police urgently the moment they notice this. These drug dealers must also be made aware that we are up to every trick that they come up with as we cannot fold our arms and let them destroy our children’s’ future. They must just know that ‘letsoho la mmuso le letelele’,” Kele said.
