Niël Terblanché
A TRAFFIC official from the Namibian Police was arrested on a charge of corruption in Swakopmund after accepting a sheep carcass from a truck driver instead of issuing a fine.
According to the report provided by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the incident involving the 54-year-old Sergeant Moses Naseb occurred on Wednesday at the intersection of Dr Libertine Amadhila and Nathaniel Maxhuilili Street of the coastal town.
Naseb was arrested after he allegedly solicited a bribe from a butchery owner who was driving a delivery truck.
“It is alleged that Sergeant Naseb solicited a bribe payment in the form of a sheep carcass valued at N$2 000 instead of charging the truck driver for contravening the Traffic and Transportation Act, after butchery owner was caught displaying a forged license disc and permit for transportation on a truck,” states the report.
Sergeant Naseb was charged with Contravening of Section 33 (a) and (b) of the Anti-Corruption Act, (Act No.8 of 2003).
That is when a person commits an offence who, directly or indirectly, corruptly solicits or accepts or agrees to accept for the benefit of himself or herself or any other person any gratification as- (a) an inducement to do or to omit doing anything; (b) a reward for having done or having omitted to do anything.
During the arrest the sheep’s carcass was confiscated and Sergeant Naseb appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
He was set free on bail of N$5 000 and the matter was postponed until 29 May 2020 for further investigation.
