The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) have confiscated a box of contraband and weapons from learners at a Mitchells Plain school.
Members of the police conducted a search and seizure operation at Woodlands Secondary School on Thursday morning.
The WCED says the operation was conducted after reports of an increase in drugs and weapons in the school.
Learners of Woodlands Secondary School had their hands on their desks and school bags open while officers searched through their belongings.
Police found items including knives, screwdrivers, dagga and cigarettes on learners in various grades at the school.
Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer says she is concerned about learners entering the school premises with weapons.
She says they chose to do the random search at the school because there are frequent instances of violence and drug abuse.
“We worked together wit
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