A young woman was arrested at Khorixas in Namibia’s Kunene Region after throwing several bales of dagga, as cannabis is widely called in southern Africa, and a mandrax pill into the police station’s prison cells.[1] Khorixas station commander Teofilus Ipinge said the woman came to the police station saying she was bringing food to a trial-awaiting inmate, then went behind the station and threw the dagga into the cells after failing to reach a prisoner who helps outside.[1] A police officer living in the police barracks saw the woman and alerted the other officers.[1]

The woman was charged on two counts under section two and section three of subsection (B) of Act 41 of 1971, one for possession of suspected mandrax and one for possession of suspected cannabis.[1] Ipinge said the woman might have tried to communicate with an inmate before throwing the cannabis, but this could not be established for certain.[1] The suspect told the police she had children at home and pleaded for leniency.[1] The Khorixas police chief said it was not the first time the woman had been arrested in possession of drugs and described her as a regular.[1]