Placido Hilukilwa THE Namibian police in the Erongo Region have apprehended a suspected drug dealer as he was embarking on a bus trip from Walvis Bay to the north, carrying a variety of dependency-producing drugs worth more than N$80,000. The 42-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday evening at the departure point for north-bound buses, thanks to...
The Lebanese group Hezbollah says one of its commanders has been killed in a strike in southern Lebanon believed to have been carried out by Israel. Wissam Tawil was reportedly a member of the group’s elite Radwan Force, and one of the most prominent Hezbollah figures to be killed in the current violence. Israel’s military...
Four suspected poachers were arrested on Friday after they were allegedly found camping on the Otjipaue game farm in the Kalkfeld area with dried game meat in their possession. Unit Commander for Police Community Affairs in the Otjozondjupa Region, Inspector Maureen Mbeha, said in a media statement that the male suspects, aged 20, 24, 35,...
A Namibian woman was arrested at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for suspected cocaine trafficking on Tuesday this week. The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation’s executive director, Penda Naanda, has confirmed the arrest and that the suspect remains detained in Ethiopia. “Officials from the embassy of the Republic of Namibia to Ethiopia...
TransUnion, a global information and insights company, recently released new findings highlighting e-commerce fraud that occurred between the Thursday before Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In a press statement released last week, the company revealed that the average number of suspected digital fraud attempts on any given day during this holiday period where the consumer...
TransUnion released new findings today highlighting e-commerce fraud that occurred during the start of the 2023 holiday shopping season, from the Thursday before Black Friday to Cyber Monday. Based on proprietary insights from TransUnion’s global device risk consortium, the average number of suspected digital fraud attempts on any given day during that holiday period where...
Staff Reporter A WINDHOEK-BASED police officer is among five arrested robbery suspects accused of stealing N$12,000 from a resident in Keetmanshoop. According to the police, the suspects approached their victim, pretending to be business people selling stones. They visited the victim at his residence, offering him stones, and he agreed to buy them. The victim...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi. EFCC Spokesperson Dele Oyewale said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According to him, the suspects were arrested on Saturday in intelligence-driven operations...
Troubled Matthew Perry has died aged 54 in a suspected accidental drowning at his home jacuzzi. The ‘Friends’ actor’s death has left fans and his celeb pals stunned as it comes after he recently published his memoir telling how he had overcome drink and drug addictions that almost left him dead. Perry, who found fame...