Staff Reporter FRIDAY was a good day for the Namibian police’s drug law enforcement officers and a bad day for drug dealers and consumers, as six individuals were arrested in five separate incidents over the weekend. Their ages range from 23 to 33. Two men, aged 23 and 25, were arrested at a house on...
Maria David IN an effort to address the danger of drugs and alcohol abuse, the Namibian Police Force in Oshana Region held an engagement with trainees from COSDEC on Thursday. Oshana Community Policing Sub-division Chief Inspector Thomas Aiyambo urged the lecturers at COSDEC to ensure that any drug-related matters at the school are reported to...
Stefanus Nashama The Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Anna Nghipondoka, recently addressed concerns during a radio interview about the use of drugs by some learners in an attempt to improve their performance in national examinations. Nghipondoka expressed her concern, revealing that her office had received reports of learners resorting to drug use with the...
The police arrested 112 people in connection with illegal substances in December. Of these suspects, 109 are Namibian, one Burundian, one Motswana, and one is a Zambian national. National police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi in a press statement on Wednesday said various illegal substances have been seized, including about 886kg of cannabis to the...
Maria David THE Namibian Police Force (NamPol) has seized drugs worth over N$9 million, with 112 suspects apprehended during the period of December last year. Of the drugs seized, 885,830.24 kg were Cannabis worth N$8,858,302.40, 762 full tablets of Mandrax worth N$91,440, 196.2 units of crack cocaine worth N$19,620 and Methcathonine (cat) 210 grams worth...
Tanzanian men arrested for allegedly possessing drugs worth N.dollars 1 million Source link
Maria David TWO Tanzanian men, aged 21 and 22, were arrested on Thursday after being found with drugs worth N$1.1 million. NamPol Head of Media Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga said that the two were arrested around 13:34, approximately 51 km on the Keetmanshoop/Grunua main road. The arrests resulted from a police intelligence-led operation. “They were...
Maria David AN Angolan national is on the run after being found in possession of cocaine worth N$475 000 at Oshikango in the Helao Nafidi region. Namibian Police Force Media Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga, said that the suspect allegedly boarded a taxi, which was stopped by the NamPol officers conducting an operation around...
The absence of a decision from the prosecutor general about the prosecution of National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) board chairperson Jennifer Comalie saw the case in which Comalie was charged with dealing in drugs struck from the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court’s roll yesterday. Magistrate Jozanne Klazen struck the case off the court roll after she...