{
  "id": 9700440,
  "title": "Two Verulam primary school girls allegedly linked to drug dealing and sexual exploitation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/two-verulam-primary-school-girls-allegedly-linked-to-drug-dealing-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T04:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/news/2026-09-25-two-verulam-primary-school-girls-allegedly-linked-to-drug-dealing-and-sexual-exploitation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two primary school girls in Verulam, South Africa, have allegedly been linked to drug dealing and sexual exploitation. The 13-year-old and 11-year-old girls are being investigated by authorities after being caught with drugs and reportedly admitting to prostituting themselves for \"money and power\". The 13-year-old, a Grade 7 pupil, provided body cam footage to the SAPS Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, which captured her explanation of her involvement in a drug distribution network and sexual services in the eThekwini area. The investigation revealed that the 11-year-old was being used by her father to supply drugs to school children. Both girls are still in the custody of their parents while investigations continue.",
  "summary": "It has been alleged that the girls, aged 13 and 11, were caught dealing in drugs and that one of them had admitted to prostituting herself for “money and power”.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}