An 18-year-old student at Lobatse Senior Secondary School was reportedly caught red-handed last Friday in possession of drugs inside his school bag intending to sell to other students.
The police responded to a report from the school and upon searching the student they found him in possession of a bag containing 16 sachets of a green substance suspected to be dagga and a small sachet of a white substance suspected to be Methcathinone commonly known as cat together with a box of Chelsea tobacco.
Woodhall police Station Commander, Superintendent Daniel Katse, said upon arrest the Form 5 boy disclosed that he was given the drugs to sell in school by a certain man residing in Lobatse.
“We are still on the hunt for the suspect who gave the student the substances to sell and from the information we received the boy is not alone. There are others also being sent by the same man to conduct such business,” said the concerned officer.
Superintendent Katse also confirmed that this Monday they arrested three drug dealers aged between 18 and 22 including a woman and two men, following a tip off.
The trio were allegedly found in possession on eight plastic sachets and a bag containing a white substance suspected to be Methcathinone and 25 plastic sachets with a green substance suspected to be dagga.
While police investigations are ongoing, the suspected drugs will be taken to the Forensic Laboratory for examination.