Stolen baby search continues
The police are still searching for the six-month-old baby stolen from a property at Epupa in the Kunene Region on 13 May this year.
Kunene crime investigations coordinator, deputy commissioner Rudolf Kanyetu, told Namibian Sun that the search for the baby continues.
The baby girl was stolen while sleeping outside her parents' house at Epupa, on Saturday in what police suspect to be a child trafficking racket.
“The baby is still not yet found and we are continuing with our investigations,” said Kanyetu.
Three people have so far been arrested and appeared in the Opuwo Magistrate's Court last week.
The suspects, Dirk Ronovita (39), Ngombe Tjambiru (27) and the third suspect, Tjiposa Tjikundi, whose age is not known, appeared on charges of theft and human trafficking and were denied bail by Magistrate Leena Iiyambo.
She postponed the case to 27 June for further investigation.
Prosecutor Oberth Masendeke objected bail saying the accused may interfere with the ongoing investigations. Meanwhile, Kanyetu has denied reports that human trafficking was rife in the region.
“It is not true that human trafficking is rife in the region. Nothing has been reported to us. Even the old cases that were reported, it was established that there was nothing like that,” he said.
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Kunene crime investigations coordinator, deputy commissioner Rudolf Kanyetu, told Namibian Sun that the search for the baby continues.
The baby girl was stolen while sleeping outside her parents' house at Epupa, on Saturday in what police suspect to be a child trafficking racket.
“The baby is still not yet found and we are continuing with our investigations,” said Kanyetu.
Three people have so far been arrested and appeared in the Opuwo Magistrate's Court last week.
The suspects, Dirk Ronovita (39), Ngombe Tjambiru (27) and the third suspect, Tjiposa Tjikundi, whose age is not known, appeared on charges of theft and human trafficking and were denied bail by Magistrate Leena Iiyambo.
She postponed the case to 27 June for further investigation.
Prosecutor Oberth Masendeke objected bail saying the accused may interfere with the ongoing investigations. Meanwhile, Kanyetu has denied reports that human trafficking was rife in the region.
“It is not true that human trafficking is rife in the region. Nothing has been reported to us. Even the old cases that were reported, it was established that there was nothing like that,” he said.
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