Pupils in a pickle after drug raid

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Pretoria - Several pupils are in hot water after the Tshwane Metro Police raided Hoërskool CR Swart in Pretoria for drugs on Friday.

The metro police, with the help of sniffer dogs, recovered six small plastic bags with white powdery contents, believed to be cocaine or methcathinone (cat), and a matchbox of marijuana.

“We received information that drugs are rife at the school and we were granted permission to do an operation there,” said Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba, metro police spokesman.

Metro police searched the pupils and their school bags for contraband. Some pupils were tested too. “We could not go to all the classes at once, and within minutes the pupils figured out that we were there,” Mahamba said.

This led to packets of drugs being discarded out of the classrooms, through windows. The metro police found the packets on the schoolgrounds outside.

No arrests were made because the police could not link the packets to specific individuals.

Mahamba said the SAPS would try to establish where the drugs came from.

“It will not stop here. We will find out where the drugs come from so arrests can be made,” he said.

Some pupils admitted to the officers that they had problems with drug abuse and agreed to have the officers call their parents.

“We need to involve the parents so we can curb the problem,” Mahamba said, adding some of the parents were shocked at the news.

Mahamba said they would see that social workers visit the school and attend to the pupils in need.

“Between ourselves, the teachers, the social workers and the parents we will deal with the problem,” said Mahamba.

The metro police warned they would be raiding more schools following complaints they had received. “People who want to send complaints or tip-offs are welcome to do so. Then we can get involved,” he said.

Mahamba said they would sustain their operations in schools to eradicate the drug scourge completely. He said they would revisit Hoërskool CR Swart in the near future. “We have to educate the pupils about the danger of drugs and drug abuse,” he said.

The school’s principal referred the matter to the Department of Basic Education for comment.

“Three learners tested positive for dagga and their parents were called to the school. The school is handling their disciplinary issues,” said departmental spokesman, Charles Phahlane. He said the learners were in Grade 10.
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Madness. In my time at school we had none of this BS and had anyone ever been caught with drugs it would mean instant expulsion and probably a couple of cop jacks for the guys.
 
Flanders said:
Madness. In my time at school we had none of this BS and had anyone ever been caught with drugs it would mean instant expulsion and probably a couple of cop jacks for the guys.
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First you would have had 6 of the best. Then expulsion. And your parents would have had to put you in a school far away as others schools in town would not have wanted you.

These days the naughty corner is the solution to everything it seems. Everywhere from schools right up to government.
 
Flanders said:
Madness. In my time at school we had none of this BS and had anyone ever been caught with drugs it would mean instant expulsion and probably a couple of cop jacks for the guys.
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When I went to high school in the 80/90s the local police paid us a visit about drugs as our school had the worst reputation in the province (came from the 70s when the school had lots of issues).

They reported that out of the 3 main high schools, we had the cleanest record, the school with the cleanest image had the worst - this included arresting dealers dressed up as students selling on the school grounds.

The crap has been happening at our high schools even since the bad old days, but not at the levels experienced today because we knew our dads would continue the beating after the cops gave us one.
 
These days human rights would be severely violated if I told the kid "you dare come with half-wit eyes (dopishly) into my classroom ... you little as$#ole."

If he/she were a politically oriented kid ... my ass would be grass.
 
Mahamba said they would sustain their operations in schools to eradicate the drug scourge completely.
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Ha ha ha ha. Oh that's just too funny. Did anyone test this guy for drugs?

About time they outlawed drug testing of pupils without clear signs of drug abuse too.

because we knew our dads would continue the beating after the cops gave us one
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And afterwards they could go get high again.

Flanders said:
Madness. In my time at school we had none of this BS
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Perhaps you were just blind or ultra-square.

Mila said:
First you would have had 6 of the best.
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What cocaine, amphetamine, heroin, mandrax, barbiturates and alcohol?

Then expulsion. And your parents would have had to put you in a school far away as others schools in town would not have wanted you.
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Another person living in some fantasy world where the old methods produced positive results? Rather amusing I must say.

These days the naughty corner is the solution to everything it seems. Everywhere from schools right up to government.
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And before it was a beating for everything. Totally ineffective, but people do like their rosy view of how it all worked so wonderfully. Don't know how they even got around with those blindfolds they had to have been wearing.
 
noxibox said:
Ha ha ha ha. Oh that's just too funny. Did anyone test this guy for drugs?

About time they outlawed drug testing of pupils without clear signs of drug abuse too.


And afterwards they could go get high again.


Perhaps you were just blind or ultra-square.


What cocaine, amphetamine, heroin, mandrax, barbiturates and alcohol?


Another person living in some fantasy world where the old methods produced positive results? Rather amusing I must say.


And before it was a beating for everything. Totally ineffective, but people do like their rosy view of how it all worked so wonderfully. Don't know how they even got around with those blindfolds they had to have been wearing.
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? What is your little tantrum about?
Just a side note, it was during your governments rule, that I passed grade 12. ;) so your analogy is a big fat failure.

Feeling better now?
 
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noxibox said:
Another person living in some fantasy world where the old methods produced positive results? Rather amusing I must say.

And before it was a beating for everything. Totally ineffective, but people do like their rosy view of how it all worked so wonderfully. Don't know how they even got around with those blindfolds they had to have been wearing.
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Because the naughty corner system works out so well these days right?
 
Marijuana shouldn't even be illegal. It should be a controlled substance like tobacco and alcohol. That way we don't waste money on raids, police officers can try fight real crime with their time, the government can earn money through tax rather than spend it on the drug war and everyone is left happier and better off.

I wonder what the DA's stance is on legalising weed?
 
Some of those kids said they blaze up and it helps to them study and focus. As long as it doesn't make them disruptive I see no issue with kush.
 
Guantanamo said:
Marijuana shouldn't even be illegal. It should be a controlled substance like tobacco and alcohol. That way we don't waste money on raids, police officers can try fight real crime with their time, the government can earn money through tax rather than spend it on the drug war and everyone is left happier and better off.

I wonder what the DA's stance is on legalising weed?
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Marijuana should be legalised post haste, but not for school going children.
 
I remember in std 7 we counted how many kids in our class we knew either smoked, drank or took drugs.
There were more than 2/3 rd's.

It wasnt a particularly bad school, and it was in a fairly middle to upper middle class area. I was asked to leave towards the end of my Std 7 year, and it was done in rather extravagant and brutal terms. For me, it was one of the best things that could have happened, however, i dont believe expelling kids immediately is the answer.

I would rather suggest counseling, regular testing, meetings with parents etc etc before deciding on the course of action.
sometimes its better to move the child out of the school and to a new start, other times, it can make things much worse.

I can tell you, expelling will do nothing to stop other kids from doing it. Unless the kid is dealing drugs at school, expelling shouldnt be the first or immediate answer.
 
There are more criminals in school these days then days gone by. Where there once was discipline, there is nothing today. Drugs are just one of the social ills found in schools and coupled with children involved or allegedly involved in murders, it makes me wonder why they even bother to go to school in the first place.

In our neighbourhood, there was one guy who seemed very out of place with the youngsters in our area and then the stories came out he is a drug runner so he was recruiting youngsters. He recruited the neighbours kids until he was banished from the house now he runs the streets with school kids (we saw them today standing in a bus stop), so it can be assumed he has recruited these youngsters and they deal in and out of school with the younger generation.
 
I would love to say this didn't happen when I was at school. The truth is that I got SO stoned at veld school that I wandered off and got lost for 4.5 hours. Missed the midnight roll call, heard all the teachers looking for me and I just hid. Eventually I made it to the teachers side and pretended to be asleep in the toilet. I kinda dodged a bullet, but not completely. I got 4 jacks, but it could have been alot worse I think.
 
Madman88 said:
I would love to say this didn't happen when I was at school. The truth is that I got SO stoned at veld school that I wandered off and got lost for 4.5 hours. Missed the midnight roll call, heard all the teachers looking for me and I just hid. Eventually I made it to the teachers side and pretended to be asleep in the toilet. I kinda dodged a bullet, but not completely. I got 4 jacks, but it could have been alot worse I think.
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:D buhuhahaha :D
 
noxibox said:
Perhaps you were just blind or ultra-square.
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Nah, well I finished mid 90's and we had kids who smoked, drank and took drugs of course. Hell, we smoked at school. Drinking there would have been considered dim-witted though. And for damned sure we weren't daring or ****ing stupid enough to bring powder or kg's of weed with us.

You implying I was "ultra-square" would suggest you were the type to bring this type of crap to school and expect to get away with it, judging by your defensive stance on the matter.
 
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