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ELLANIE SMIT
WINDHOEK
About 96% of the 106 suspects arrested for drug-related crimes last month are Namibians, while drugs to the value of more than N$1 million were seized.
Since the beginning of February to the end of March, more than 190 Namibians were arrested for the possession of or dealing in drugs.
According to statistics provided by the Namibian police, 102 Namibians were arrested in connection with drug-related matters during March, while two Zambians, an Angolan and a Nigerian national was also arrested.
The statics indicate that the value of drugs seized totalled more than N$1.104 million.
This included 91.180kg of cannabis to the value of N$911 800 as well as 805 mandrax tablets to the value of N$96 600.
21 April 2021 | Crime
UNSAFE: Pensioners at the coast live in fear after a recent spate of violent attacks.
Photo: Erwin Leuschner
ERWIN LEUSCHNER
SWAKOPMUND
Swakopmund residents are shocked and angry while pensioners at the quaint coastal town live in fear after a senior citizen was attacked and murdered in her home.
German-speaking Irene Lohmeier (82) was killed between Monday night and Tuesday morning in her house, and the police are concerned about a recent spate of cases targeting one of society’s most vulnerable groups.
Investigators had already cordoned off Trekkopje Street in Kramersdorf’s area of Swakopmund yesterday after the unthinkable happened at house number nine.