A 30-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly tried selling cannabis valued at N.dollars 112 750 to an undercover police officer in Windhoek on Friday.
In a crime report issued on Sunday, the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) said the incident occurred in Otjomuise around 21h00, when the suspect allegedly tried to sell the cannabis to the police officer.
The cannabis was confiscated.
In another incident, two Namibian men aged 34 and 27 were arrested for the alleged theft of property from plot 46 at Brakwater in the Khomas Region around 09h30 on Friday.
It is reported that unknown suspects unlawfully and intentionally stole the complainant’s fencing materials, which included about 2 000 fencing poles valued at N.dollars 48 000.
The suspects allegedly entered the plot without the owner’s consent. No recovery and arrests have been made.
In a separate incident, an 18-year-old Namibian female allegedly committed suicide in Ondobe Constituency in the Ohangwena Region on Friday.
Her body was found hanging from a tree.
The girl, who was a Grade 12 learner at Oshikunde Secondary School, reportedly left a suicide note.
Her body is being kept at the Eenhana District hospital mortuary for a post-mortem.
In a similar incident, 29-year-old Riccardo Izaks, allegedly hanged himself in his bedroom in Otjomuise around 11h00 on Friday around 11h00.
It is alleged that the deceased hanged himself after a quarrel with his partner at her residence. No suicide note was left behind and no foul play is suspected.
The deceased’s next of kin have been notified.
Police investigations in all matters continue.
Source: The Namibian Press Agency