116.9 kg of cannabis seized at Trans-Kalahari border post; three arrested
Police arrested a 44-year-old truck driver, a 27-year-old Namra official and a 30-year-old Tanzanian man at the Trans-Kalahari Border Post in Omaheke for allegedly smuggling 116.9 kg of cannabis. The three were charged and were due in the Gobabis magistrate's court.
🇳🇦 Trans-Kalahari Border Post, Omaheke region · Namibia
Police arrested a 44-year-old truck driver and two other men at the
Trans-Kalahari Border Post in the Omaheke region at about 02h15 on Thursday.[1]Omaheke police spokesperson chief inspector Fina Sakajengenga said the
driver was at the wheel of a Maritz Transport truck from South Africa and was
helped by a Namibia Revenue Agency (Namra) official to bring cannabis through
the checkpoint from Nomansland.[1]
The cannabis weighed 116 935 grams, which police valued at N$5,8 million.[1]The other two suspects were a 27-year-old Namra official and a 30-year-old
Tanzanian national.[1]
All three men were charged and were due to appear in the Gobabis magistrate’s
court on Monday.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report of the Trans-Kalahari border post cannabis seizure. Photo: ContributedPhoto details
The article says "Thursday" and was published on Monday 19 August 2024, so 15 August 2024 is used as the incident date.
The photo caption describes "a Namibian truck driver alongside three others" while the text names a driver and two other suspects; the text's count of three suspects is used.
The statement names the Trans-Kalahari Border Post and "Nomansland" but no more precise crossing point, so the coordinates are for the Omaheke region and the precision is region-level.
The N$5,8 million is a police value estimate; no breakdown by product type or separate street-value source was reported.
No outcome of the scheduled Gobabis magistrate's court appearance or later court step was reported.
No second opened account of this seizure was found; every fact comes from The Namibian's account of the police statement.
The page's photo is credited only as "Contributed", with no confirmation of what it depicts.
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