PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Various Bitou roleplayers have intensified efforts to ensure that schools are safe for local students following a recent school search which saw dangerous weapons, drugs and other contraband items being confiscated.
As part of the Western Cape Education Department’s Safe Schools Programme, various crime fighters including Bitou Law Enforcement, local police, the Plettenberg Bay Crime Prevention Association (PBCPA) and private security companies embarked on a search of Plettenberg Bay Secondary School on 11 April this year.
During the search crime fighters confiscated dangerous weapons, marijuana, e-cigarettes, and cell phones. This included more than 60 pairs of scissors, 15 cell phones, earphones, cigarettes, vapes and rolled joints.
PBCPA operations head Otto Olivier said that this was only the first school visit for the year and plans were in place to do similar searches at other schools in Bitou within the next few weeks.
Read the full story in this week’s Knysna-Plett Herald by Yolande Stander.
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