Staff Reporter
THREE men were arrested while trying to smuggle drugs through the Trans-Kalahari border post in the Omaheke region.
According to Chief Inspector Fina Sakajengenga, Head of the Community Policing Subdivision in the region, the incident occurred on Thursday, 15 August 2024, at around 02:15.
Sakajengenga explained that it is alleged that the suspect, driving a Maritz Transport truck with registration number N 4618 OT from South Africa, was assisted by a Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) official to smuggle cannabis from no man’s land through the checkpoint, where it was detected by police officers on duty.
The cannabis weighed 116,935 grams and is valued at N$5,846,750.00.
The arrested suspects are Andreas Lita Amakali, a 44-year-old Namibian man, Nyanbe Zambwe Melton, a 27-year-old Namibian male, and Kahise Sayumwe Kahise, a 30-year-old Tanzanian male.
The suspects appeared in court on 19 August 2024.
