Post office heist: Bail denied for NamPost clerk and two alleged accomplices

A NamPost counter clerk, Ronald van der Westhuizen (30), along with Bonaventure Shimunene (23) and Delron Dauseb, has been denied bail in the Maltahöhe Magistrate’s Court in the Hardap region following their arrest in connection with a robbery at the Maltahöhe Post Office in October this year.

According to the Hardap police, Shimunene and Dauseb, who are reportedly related to van der Westhuizen, entered the post office around 08:00 on 22 October, allegedly attacked and tied up the security guard, and forced the clerk, van der Westhuizen, to hand over more than N$337 949.10.

According to the police, investigations later revealed that the three suspects, reportedly from Gibeon, had planned and executed the robbery together. After the incident was reported, police arrested all three at the residence of one of the accused.

During the arrest, officers recovered N$260 424, with some of the money allegedly found hidden in their clothing, shoes and under a bed in a room allegedly rented by the clerk.

Hardap Region acting regional commander, Deputy Commissioner John Mwatongwe, confirmed the arrests, saying about N$77 000 of the stolen money remains missing.