Maria David
A WOMAN who disappeared with a three-month-old baby boy in the town of Tsumeb has been successfully apprehended by the police at Oshaandja village some 7 km from Oshakati West in the Oshana region.
This after a successful operation was conducted by the police in the Oshikoto, Oshana and Erongo regions to track down the suspects in the matter.
The suspect, who was identified as Albertina Jason well-known as Tinah, has been on the run since 15 May, while her two accomplices, siblings Lydia Kaunehafo Shimbilinga (21) and Joseph Natangwe Shatilwe known as Dinno (25), made their first appearances before the Tsumeb Magistrate’s Court.
According to Oshikoto police commander Commissioner Armas Shivute, the two accomplices were arrested last week and remanded in custody.
Shimbilinga, who is originally from Ohnele-yiwa village in the Ohangwena region, was employed as a domestic worker at Ondangwa and was arrested on 23 May 2022 in the town.
Shatilwe, who is employed as a security officer at Omambundu Security Company at Swakopmund, was arrested on 24 May 2022.
“Jason was found with the baby boy who does not belong to her,” he said.
Shivute stated that the baby boy was declared healthy after a doctor’s examination was carried out at Oshakati State Hospital, and the baby was handed back to the biological mother under the right procedure.
Shivute said Jason is expected to appear before the Tsumeb Magistrate’s Court today on charges of kidnapping.
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