4 200 Mandrax tablets seized
More than 4 000 Mandrax tablets were seized when a truck driver was searched at Hosea Kutako International Airport on Friday.
According to the police the street value of the confiscated Mandrax is N$504 600.
A 59-year-old truck driver for Absolute Logistics, who had been on his way to Gobabis, was arrested.
The 4 200 Mandrax tablets were found in the cargo bay of the international airport just outside Windhoek during a police search.
In other crime news, two domestic violence incidents ended in fatal stabbings over the weekend.
At Omaruru, a 22-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her 23-year-old boyfriend to death in a fight at her shack after they had returned from a party on Saturday.
The man was stabbed three times, once in the chest and twice in the back, killing him instantly. The woman was arrested.
At Onandjaba in the Okalongo constituency of the Omusati Region, a man allegedly stabbed his 25-year-old girlfriend to death on Friday.
According to the police a 23-year-old Angolan man stabbed Ndatilaowala Kundi six times in the chest, stomach, arms, and neck.
The motive for the attack is unknown. The suspect fled but was arrested at the nearby Olupandu village. Kundi was from Othsokwiyu village in the Ondjiva area in Angola.
At Karasburg, a 28-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 26-year-old man at the railway crossing behind Namib Oase on Saturday. She was allegedly overpowered on her way from a shebeen in the Westerkim location. The suspect has been arrested.
At Rundu a woman was raped, allegedly by her 33-year-old nephew, on Friday. According to the police the suspect entered the woman's room while she was sleeping and raped her. The woman, whose age was not given, resides in the Ndama location in the San community area. The suspect was arrested.
Five men and one woman were arrested on Friday at Dorado Park in Windhoek for trying to sell a live pangolin. The suspects are aged between 29 and 38.
Two other men, aged 47 and 21, were arrested on Sunday after they were found in possession of a pangolin skin at Okahandja Park in Windhoek.
ELLANIE SMIT
According to the police the street value of the confiscated Mandrax is N$504 600.
A 59-year-old truck driver for Absolute Logistics, who had been on his way to Gobabis, was arrested.
The 4 200 Mandrax tablets were found in the cargo bay of the international airport just outside Windhoek during a police search.
In other crime news, two domestic violence incidents ended in fatal stabbings over the weekend.
At Omaruru, a 22-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her 23-year-old boyfriend to death in a fight at her shack after they had returned from a party on Saturday.
The man was stabbed three times, once in the chest and twice in the back, killing him instantly. The woman was arrested.
At Onandjaba in the Okalongo constituency of the Omusati Region, a man allegedly stabbed his 25-year-old girlfriend to death on Friday.
According to the police a 23-year-old Angolan man stabbed Ndatilaowala Kundi six times in the chest, stomach, arms, and neck.
The motive for the attack is unknown. The suspect fled but was arrested at the nearby Olupandu village. Kundi was from Othsokwiyu village in the Ondjiva area in Angola.
At Karasburg, a 28-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 26-year-old man at the railway crossing behind Namib Oase on Saturday. She was allegedly overpowered on her way from a shebeen in the Westerkim location. The suspect has been arrested.
At Rundu a woman was raped, allegedly by her 33-year-old nephew, on Friday. According to the police the suspect entered the woman's room while she was sleeping and raped her. The woman, whose age was not given, resides in the Ndama location in the San community area. The suspect was arrested.
Five men and one woman were arrested on Friday at Dorado Park in Windhoek for trying to sell a live pangolin. The suspects are aged between 29 and 38.
Two other men, aged 47 and 21, were arrested on Sunday after they were found in possession of a pangolin skin at Okahandja Park in Windhoek.
ELLANIE SMIT
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