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Cops arrest two suspects for possession of drugs.
TWO suspects have been arrested for allegedly selling drugs to students.
Reacting to these arrests, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Limpopo expressed concern over drug dealers who target students.
The arrests involved Mahlatse Raophala (30) and Thuti Leputu (23), who were found in possession of drugs and accused of selling them to students at the University of Limpopo, located in Mankweng, near Polokwane, on Sunday, 2 February.
Cops, acting on a tip-off, identified male suspects selling drugs near gate 2 of the university.
This led to the arrests of the suspects at different locations.
Limpopo police spokesperson, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, reported that Raophala was found with 50 sachets in each ball, while Leputu possessed 550 sachets of nyaope, 30 sachets of crystal meth, and 35 pieces of rock cocaine, with an estimated value of R31 250.
They appeared in the Mankweng Magistrates Court on Monday, 3 February, facing charges of possession of suspected dagga and drug dealing.
“They were both granted bail of R500 each, and their case was postponed to Wednesday, 2 April, for further police investigations,” said Ledwaba.
Cops arrest two suspects for possession of drugs.
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EFF’s provincial spokesman Jacob Lebogo said the people who sell drugs to students are not interested in their wellbeing and don’t love them at all.
“We warn the students that the life of drugs is addictive and will make them do all sorts of evil things which may result in imprisonment or death.
“They shouldn’t use their NSFAS, and money given to them by parents to buy drugs,” he said.
Lebogo said they call upon the law enforcement officers to put an eye on the drug dealers.
“The police must have a zero-tolerance attitude towards drug dealers who sell drugs to students, destructing them from acquiring valuable education.”
He said drug dealers are perpetrators of dysfunctional and unproductive societies and belong to jail.
“Stakeholders should work together to defeat the drug dealers by rooting them out of the university.
“They shouldn’t be allowed to be anywhere near the students or the university as they are toxic to their health and futures,” Lebogo said.
He said police should conduct drug awareness programmes for students, strongly emphasising the danger of drugs.
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