KLERKSDORP - The Home Affairs immigration department and the South African Police Service raiaded suspected drug dens in Klerksdorp, North West on Wednesday.
Police discovered drugs and suspected that humans had been trafficked from the premises.
They believed that a brothel was being operated from one of the houses.
A total of 32 girls and women, the youngest being 18 years old, were taken to the Hawks' offices to make official statements.
A neighbour said that she sometimes heard girls crying.Some of the young girls and women rescued from #BrothelRaid pic.twitter.com/SVQHsEaSFd— Lirandzu Themba (@LirandzuThemba) March 8, 2017
Members from TRT had to use force to enter somepremises.#BrothelRaid pic.twitter.com/LAUfVJPn0k— Lirandzu Themba (@LirandzuThemba) March 8, 2017
— Lirandzu Themba (@LirandzuThemba) March 8, 2017
Police funding drugs hidden away in tricky places. #BrothelRaid pic.twitter.com/xTTWhtLwsl— Lirandzu Themba (@LirandzuThemba) March 8, 2017
Police concede that some of the girls will return here.All these drugs were found on one person. #BrothelRaid pic.twitter.com/o6HrSZYz0e— Lirandzu Themba (@LirandzuThemba) March 8, 2017
SAPS and the Hawks raid suspected #brothels in Klerksdorp. pic.twitter.com/yTB5KJB7Em— Lirandzu Themba (@LirandzuThemba) March 8, 2017
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