Namdeb worker held on diamond charge

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Namdeb worker held on diamond charge

STAFF REPORTER

A 29-year-old Namdeb employee was arrested on Tuesday when he was allegedly found in possession of 28 unpolished diamonds as he left the Oranjemund mine, the Police reported in yesterday's crime bulletin.

The value of the diamonds has not yet been determined.

He has been charged with dealing in rough and uncut diamonds.

* The Ohangwena Police are searching for four men who held Lusina Mwanyekange at gunpoint, forced her to open the Ehovelo Bar at Ondobe village and robbed the place.

The incident occurred at around 02h00 on Tuesday. The robbers made off with N$17 792.

* A 57-year-old Angolan national, Domingo Shipata, drowned in a waterhole at Omhedi village on Wednesday.

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