Westbury Secondary School

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Westbury Secondary School or Westbury High School is a secondary school in Westbury, Johannesburg, South Africa.

In 2014 officials from the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Gauteng Department of Education raided the school to combat illegal drugs. [1] K9 units were used to search for drugs. ENCA wrote that "Westbury has been indentified[ sic ] as a gangsterism hot spot". [2]

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References

  1. Ngobeni, Lesego. "GDE and police raid Westbury Secondary" (Archive). EWN . September 5, 2014. Retrieved on November 26, 2015.
  2. "Cops tasked with cleaning up Gauteng schools " (Archive). ENCA. Saturday 6 September 2014. Retrieved on 26 November 2015.