The Citizen reports that a Limpopo man believed to be a teacher was arrested on Tuesday after police responded to a drug-related tip-off.

Officers in the Capricorn District were patrolling hotspots on 16 July when they received information about drugs being sold from a VW Polo in the Polokwane CBD. Police intercepted the 33-year-old shortly after 1 pm and found the man in possession of an unlicensed firearm, ammunition and drugs with an estimated value of R20,000. “Such educators who are in drugs cannot be entrusted with the education of our children. We call for the department to take harsh measures and remove such from the system and its payroll,” provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe remarked. Police investigations are continuing and the man is due to appear in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court this week.

• Read the original of the report in the above regard by Jarryd Westerdale at The Citizen

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