Burglary at meat factory

WINDHOEK Schlachterei in Windhoek’s Northern Industrial Area was broken into on Tuesday night, but the Windhoek City Police managed to arrest all six suspects.

One of the suspects was a member of private security company, G4 Security Services, the Police reported yesterday.
The suspects apparently broke into the meat plant at around 20h10, stealing seven big and six small boxes of pork.
The value of the stolen meat had not yet been determined by yesterday.
According to the Police, City Police officers fired shots at the suspects and wounded four of them.
They have opened cases of attempted murder against the officers.
All the stolen items were retrieved, while a revolver found in the getaway car was confiscated.
* The Unit Commander of the Namibian Police’s Criminal Investigations Unit at Ohangwena committed suicide at his home on Tuesday.
Warrant Officer Samuel Nangobe (48) was found hanging from a rope at around 16h00.
* A series of computer thefts reported countrywide continued this past week, with a Windhoek resident being held at gunpoint for his laptop on Tuesday morning around 00h45.
Collin Kaurianga was held up by an unknown suspect on Abraham Asego Street in Soweto. The stolen computer was worth N$9 000.
On the same day at around 15h10, unknown suspects broke into a house in Luxury Hill’s Sanderburg Street, stealing items that included a television set and a laptop computer.
The suspects apparently broke the gate and the doors to get into the house. The total value of the stolen items was given as N$25 000.
* Three suspected cattle thieves were arrested at a village near Opuwo on Monday afternoon, after being caught with five head of cattle said to belong to a farmer at the Okambombona Cattle Post.
The value of the stolen cattle was estimated at N$4 600.
The suspects’ ages ranged from 19 to 20.
* A 48-year-old man was arrested at Opuwo on Monday while trying to sell a stolen cow at an auction there.