Staff Reporter
A 33-year-old man, identified as Donoven Uhuru Haraseb, died on Monday after he smoked crack cocaine in a cemetery in Swakopmund.
According to the Erongo police, Haraseb and another young man, aged 23, were found unconscious in the cemetery on Sunday, 18 September, between 12:00 and 14:00 by a passer-by who then took them to the Swakopmund State Hospital.
According to the survivor, he went to the cemetery to smoke Mandrax, but he allegedly caught up with the deceased person smoking rocks (crack cocaine). At that point, the deceased allegedly offered him rocks, which he allegedly accepted. The 23-year-old survivor, however, passed out before he finished smoking. He only regained consciousness later, when he and his friend were in the hospital.
The deceased passed away on Monday, 19 September, around 01:00.
Inspector Illeni Shapumba of the Erongo police said that this incident is followed by similar incidents in which three people reportedly passed away in similar circumstances on the 1st September 2022 in the Mondesa Policing Area.
“Information given to the Police suggest the use of drugs. Police have, however, conducted post-mortem examinations in both incidents and investigations are still ongoing. We will inform the public as soon as the outcome reports become available.
We want to warn those potential drug users and dealers that while such acts remain unlawful, there is danger being suspected in the use of these drugs. We urge the communities to report any information on drugs to the police for action,” Shapumba concluded.
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