Zimbabwean man, 28, arrested in Katima Mulilo over cannabis in spare wheel
Police in Namibia's Zambezi region arrested a 28-year-old Zimbabwean man in Bebi location, Katima Mulilo, after finding cannabis hidden inside a vehicle's spare wheel, with police putting its street value at N$21 950. He was expected at the Katima Mulilo Magistrates' Court on Monday, and no weight for the cannabis was published.
🇳🇦 Bebi location, Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region · Namibia
Police in the Zambezi region arrested a 28-year-old Zimbabwean man on Thursday
12 August 2021 for possession of cannabis.[1]Zambezi region police
spokesperson inspector Kisco Sitali said the arrest happened around 09h30 in
Bebi location of Katima Mulilo.[1]Sitali said the cannabis had been found
hidden inside a spare wheel of a vehicle.[1]
Police put the street value of the cannabis at N$21 950.[1]The suspect could
not be named before his appearance at the Katima Mulilo Magistrates’ Court on
Monday, where he was to face the possession case.[1]
Sitali urged residents to keep alerting police to people dealing in cannabis or
other illegal products by calling the station or leaving tips in police
suggestion boxes around town.[1]
The article gives no weight for the cannabis seized.[1]
Case data
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No weight or plant count for the cannabis was published, so no kg_seized or plants_destroyed figure is recorded.
The source does not report what happened at the Katima Mulilo Magistrates' Court appearance on Monday 16 August 2021, and no later court step was found.
The value of N$21 950 is the police's street-value estimate and covers only the cannabis.
Only one article, based on the police spokesperson's account, could be opened for this event; no independent second report was found.
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