Windhoek resident held over 5.5 kg dagga plantation in Kleine Kuppe
Namibian police arrested a Windhoek resident after finding a dagga plantation holding 5.5 kilograms of cannabis at Kleine Kuppe, which they valued at N$277 000. He was charged with planting skunk cannabis, dealing in cannabis and racketeering, and was due in court the following Tuesday.
🇳🇦 Kleine Kuppe, Windhoek, Khomas Region · Namibia
A Windhoek resident was arrested after police discovered a dagga plantation at
Kleine Kuppe, a residential area south of the city centre.[1]The police said
the plantation held 5,5 kilograms of cannabis.[1]
Police valued the cannabis at N$277 000.[1]The suspect was charged with
planting cannabis (skunk), dealing in cannabis and racketeering.[1]
He was held at the Windhoek Police Station and was to appear in court the
following Tuesday.[1]Africa-Press republished the same account in its Namibia
news section on 30 April 2022.[2]
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The article gives no date for the discovery beyond 'Thursday'; 28 April 2022, the Thursday before publication, is used as the incident date.
The suspect is not named, and no age or nationality was published.
It is not stated whether the 5.5 kilograms is dried cannabis or plants, so no plant count is recorded.
The article does not say whether the plantation was indoors or outdoors; it only calls it a 'plantation'.
The N$277 000 value is a police street-value estimate.
No court outcome after the scheduled Tuesday appearance was reported in the opened sources.
The Africa-Press copy of 30 April 2022 is a verbatim republication of The Namibian's text, so it is not independent corroboration; Facebook posts by Windhoek Express and NBC that appear to cover the same raid could not be opened.
Neither page caption confirms what the published photo depicts.
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Namibian police arrested 227 suspects during nationwide anti-drug operations in October 2026 and seized illegal drugs including cannabis, Mandrax, cocaine powder and crack cocaine. The force said 220 of those held were Namibian nationals, with the rest Angolan, Congolese, Zambian and Zimbabwean.
Namibian police arrested 165 suspects during nationwide anti-drug operations conducted from 1 to 30 June 2026. Officers seized 279.292 kg of cannabis alongside mandrax tablets, crack cocaine units and other drugs, national police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi said.
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