Two in court after record dagga bust
ILENI NANDJATO
Northern businessmen Paavo Hatutale (47) and co-accused Nicodemus Shekunyenge (21) appeared before the Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a truckload of dagga worth more than N$1 million.
The two are charged with possession and dealing in drugs.
Magistrate Letta Simon denied them bail and postponed the matter until 8 March for a formal bail application.
Hatutale, who owns Hatutale Transport, was arrested at Onhuno in the Ohangwena Region last week, driving a truck carrying one of the biggest consignments of cannabis ever recovered in the country.
Hatutale was arrested after the police were tipped off by a member of the public.
Shekunyenge was arrested the following day after it was established that they had driven together all the way.
Hatutale and Shekunyenge reportedly drove from South Africa through Botswana and entered Namibia using the Rundu-Nkurenkuru route.
Police reported that the truck been contracted to transport poles for a building material shop in the north.
Forty-one bags of dagga were found hidden under the poles.
Magistrate Simon said that the drugs weighed more than 100 kg and had a street value of N$1 094 000.
They were not asked to plead. They were represented by Maruschka January. The prosecutors were Sakaria Mupuma and Elphins Maloboka.
Northern businessmen Paavo Hatutale (47) and co-accused Nicodemus Shekunyenge (21) appeared before the Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a truckload of dagga worth more than N$1 million.
The two are charged with possession and dealing in drugs.
Magistrate Letta Simon denied them bail and postponed the matter until 8 March for a formal bail application.
Hatutale, who owns Hatutale Transport, was arrested at Onhuno in the Ohangwena Region last week, driving a truck carrying one of the biggest consignments of cannabis ever recovered in the country.
Hatutale was arrested after the police were tipped off by a member of the public.
Shekunyenge was arrested the following day after it was established that they had driven together all the way.
Hatutale and Shekunyenge reportedly drove from South Africa through Botswana and entered Namibia using the Rundu-Nkurenkuru route.
Police reported that the truck been contracted to transport poles for a building material shop in the north.
Forty-one bags of dagga were found hidden under the poles.
Magistrate Simon said that the drugs weighed more than 100 kg and had a street value of N$1 094 000.
They were not asked to plead. They were represented by Maruschka January. The prosecutors were Sakaria Mupuma and Elphins Maloboka.
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