NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-12BREAK IN ... Two suspects arrested after allegedly breaking into a phar- macy and doctors’ consulting rooms in Katutura on Friday.
Photograph by Henry Van Rooi
Taxi driver arrested for burglary
Nomhle Kangootui
CITY Police have arrested two suspects, one of them a taxi driver, and are hunting for the third after they allegedly broke into a pharmacy and doctor’s consultation rooms in Katutura in the early hours of Friday where they stole electronic goods worth N$80 000.
The two suspects, aged 24 and 21, were arrested just a few hours after the break-in when a member of the public gave the police the number of the taxi used to ferry the loot.
The third suspect is, however, still at large but is known to the police and a hunt for him is on.
City Police spokesperson Superintendent Helena Mootseng said a member of public saw the taxi at the premises at around 04h00 and called the police after suspecting a burglary.
“The taxi number was given to us by two different people. First, it was the member of public and then a motorist whose vehicle was bumped by the taxi. He phoned us when the taxi failed to stop after the accident,” she said.
“It did not take us long to find the vehicle and the suspect then took us where the goods were. But we haven’t recovered everything. We suspect some of the goods had already been sold. The suspect we are still looking for is employed by a local security company.”
Mootseng commended the public for playing an active role in crime prevention. She also said that the City Police use undercover intelligence officers, the zone policing system and cameras installed at strategic places all over Windhoek to detect crime.
The third suspect is, however, still at large but is known to the police and a hunt for him is on.
City Police spokesperson Superintendent Helena Mootseng said a member of public saw the taxi at the premises at around 04h00 and called the police after suspecting a burglary.
“The taxi number was given to us by two different people. First, it was the member of public and then a motorist whose vehicle was bumped by the taxi. He phoned us when the taxi failed to stop after the accident,” she said.
“It did not take us long to find the vehicle and the suspect then took us where the goods were. But we haven’t recovered everything. We suspect some of the goods had already been sold. The suspect we are still looking for is employed by a local security company.”
Mootseng commended the public for playing an active role in crime prevention. She also said that the City Police use undercover intelligence officers, the zone policing system and cameras installed at strategic places all over Windhoek to detect crime.
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