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Bring in the army to deal with gangs, drugs in KZN: activist
This was the plea to new police boss transferred from drug-ridden Western Cape townships
Police in KwaZulu-Natal have steadied themselves to bear arms on the front line of a war between gangsters and drug dealers.
Reports of drug-related murders, drive-by shootings and assassination attempts have plagued Wentworth, Chatsworth, Sydenham and Phoenix.
Community leaders say at least seven lives have been lost in gang- and drug-related fights in the past two months, although the police have not been able to confirm this...
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