Truck driver held as 276 kg dagga seized near Karasburg
Police in //Karas Region seized 276 kg of dagga hidden under a bridge on the B1 road between Karasburg and Ariamsvlei and arrested a 38-year-old truck driver. The driver was due in the Karasburg Magistrate's Court on a dagga-possession charge.
🇳🇦 Under a bridge on the B1 Road between Karasburg and Ariamsvlei, //Karas Region · Namibia
Police in //Karas Region arrested a 38-year-old Namibian truck driver in
connection with the seizure.[1]The driver was expected to appear in the
Karasburg Magistrate’s Court on a charge of possession of dagga.[1]
Police seized 276 kg of dagga with a stated street value of N$830 460.[1]The
dagga, packed as 1 098 parcels in 10 drums, had been hidden under a bridge on
the B1 road between Karasburg and Ariamsvlei.[1]Police believe the driver hid
the 10 drums there after fearing exposure.[1]The truck had entered Namibia
through the Ariamsvlei border post and was placed under surveillance after
police received a tip-off that it was carrying dagga.[1]
//Karas regional commander Armas Shivute commended the officers for the seizure.[1]Shivute said that without the confiscation the dagga would have ended up in
the streets.[1]
The seizure is dated to Monday 23 September 2013 from the article's statement that it happened on Monday before its Thursday 26 September 2013 publication.
No court outcome after the expected first appearance was reported.
The N$830 460 street value is the police estimate, not an independently confirmed value.
The whole account rests on a single opened report, with no second source confirming the seizure.
Left out arrested, as no supporting quotation was given.
Left out kg seized, as no supporting quotation was given.
Left out value, as no supporting quotation was given.
On 4 November 2026 a suspect fled on foot from a random vehicle search at the Bukalo roadblock in Zambezi, abandoning cannabis police valued at N$177,000 with a vehicle and cash. Police are hunting the suspect, wanted on six counts including dealing and possession of cannabis and money laundering.
Namibian police arrested a 38-year-old woman in Windhoek's Goreangab area in September 2026 after recovering about 10.2 kg of suspected cannabis and 17,717 Mandrax tablets worth over N$2.2 million. She faces drug-dealing charges.
Border officials at Noordoewer seized 104 parcels of skunk cannabis valued by police at N$5.45 million from a Windhoek-registered vehicle entering Namibia from South Africa. The Namibian driver fled during the scanner inspection and remained at large, while the traced owner denied owning the impounded vehicle.
Namibian Police said they arrested 196 suspects and seized 391,879.86 kilograms of cannabis between 1 and 28 February 2026. A second outlet reported the same cannabis weight and nationality breakdown but put the arrest count at 200.
