Staff Reporter
A 38-YEAR-OLD Namibian woman, identified as Chante Coetzee, who fled the country with a South African national in a rented vehicle, is set to be officially handed over to the Namibian police after being arrested in Zambia.
It is alleged that between 24 June and 2 July 2024, Coetzee (fugitive), aged 38, and a South African female national hired a motor vehicle from a car rental in the Zambezi Region to tour Namibia. However, they allegedly managed to, without the vehicle’s owner’s consent, travel into Zambia through ungazetted entry points.
The vehicle owner subsequently registered a criminal case, Katima Mulilo CR 28.07.2024, and Coetzee has been wanted on two criminal counts: theft of a motor vehicle and contravention of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act of Namibia. On 18 October 2024, Coetzee was arrested in Zambia, where the court ruled her extraditable.
Coetzee will be extradited from the Republic of Zambia to the Republic of Namibia. The exchange process will be facilitated by INTERPOL officials from both Zambia and Namibia and is scheduled to take place on 20 January 2025.
