211 arrested and 1 085 kg of cannabis seized in Namibia's September crackdown
Namibian police arrested 211 suspects and seized more than 1 085 kilogrammes of cannabis during drug operations across the country in September 2025, alongside Mandrax, cocaine powder and crack cocaine. Deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi said 202 of those arrested were Namibian nationals and the rest came from Angola, Zambia, Burundi and Tanzania.
The Namibian Police Force arrested 211 suspects in drug operations carried out
across the country during September 2025.[1]Of those arrested, 202 were
Namibian nationals, and the rest were two Angolans, five Zambians, one Burundian
and one Tanzanian.[1]
Police deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi said the seizures included more than
1 085 kilogrammes of cannabis, along with 1 035 Mandrax tablets, 33 grams of
cocaine powder and 186.5 units of crack cocaine.[1]
The national police press agency NAMPA reported the same figures from
Shikwambi’s release, describing them as the results of countrywide operations
during September.[2]Shikwambi said the force remained committed to combating
drug-related crime and urged the public to report suspicious activity and to
stand together against illicit drugs.[1]
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The article gives no day for any of the operations; September 2025 is the period covered and 30 September 2025 is used as the incident date.
No breakdown is published of where the drugs were seized, how the cannabis split between seizures and destroyed plants, or how much the haul was worth.
No charges, court appearances or outcomes are reported for the 211 suspects.
The Mandrax, cocaine powder and crack cocaine are noted for context and left out of all cannabis figures.
The Namibian copy credits the wire agency NAMPA, and NAMPA's own page shows only a shortened preview behind a login, so the second source corroborates the headline figures rather than the full release.
The article's lead photo is an uncredited WhatsApp upload captioned only with the headline and is not listed as media.
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.
