In March 2013 I shadowed the Western Cape's Metro Drug Unit for Vice.com and the Mail & Guardian newspaper. The Drug Unit focuses on arresting higher level distributors, but they also target small time dealers in and around the ganglands known as the Cape Flats.
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Ganglands - Police Takedown
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Ganglands - Pit Bull
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Ganglands - Cop threatens teddy
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Ganglands - Search
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Ganglands - "Tik" pipe
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Ganglands - Caught
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Ganglands - Pool
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Ganglands - Search
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Ganglands - Gang Search
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Ganglands - Arrest
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Ganglands - Child
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Mail & Guardian Tear Sheet 1
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Mail & Guardian Tear Sheet 2
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Mail & Guardian Tear Sheet 4
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Mail & Guardian Tear Sheet 3