Group found living near M4 highway taken to safety home

Group found living near M4 highway taken to safety home

Police say a group of children who were found living in a bush along the M4 freeway in Durban North have been sent to a place of safety.

Children (aged between 11 and 18) found living near M4
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The children - aged between 11 and 18 - were removed from the bush on Friday.

They were found huddled around a fire. Several other people were also found in the thick bush where they'd also erected structures. 

Blue Security officers were also at the scene.

"We have a lot of criminal activity that's happening in nearby shopping centres especially around the Virginia circle - especially around the Virginia circle. These vagrants are doing criminal activities then run and hide. Because the density of these bushes are thick," spokesperson Andreas Mathios said. 

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