{"id":306145,"date":"2021-07-15T17:42:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T15:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=306145"},"modified":"2021-07-15T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T15:42:58","slug":"police-destroys-drugs-worth-millions-of-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=306145","title":{"rendered":"Police destroys drugs worth millions of dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE Namibian Police Force today destroyed drugs with a value of N$9 709 333 in the incinerator of the National Forensic Science Institute.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NamPol spokesperson, Chief Inspector Elifas Kawinga explained that the types of drugs destroyed include cannabis, cocaine powder, crack cocaine, heroin, Mandrax tablets, methamphetamine, and methcathinone.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kawinga further explained that the drugs were seized during police operations and that it was kept to serve as evidence in various court cases. He said that the all the cases related to the drugs that were destroyed have been finalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Police destroys drugs worth millions of dollars\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/abEVp1pebOw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>CONTRABAND INCINERATED: Commissioner Nelius Becker, the Director of the National Forensic Science Institute explains the process by which illicit drugs are destroyed after it served its purpose as evidence in various court cases. \u2013 Footage: Courtesy of the Namibian Police<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter \u00a0 THE Namibian Police Force today destroyed drugs with a value of N$9 709 333 in the incinerator of the National Forensic Science Institute. \u00a0 NamPol spokesperson, Chief Inspector Elifas Kawinga explained that the types of drugs destroyed include cannabis, cocaine powder, crack cocaine, heroin, Mandrax tablets, methamphetamine, and methcathinone. \u00a0 Kawinga further &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":306146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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