Grocery thieves nabbed at roadblock

ABOUT N$10 000 worth of stolen groceries were recovered from a delivery truck in Windhoek last week.

The truck was stopped at a roadblock in Wanaheda on Thursday evening, and when Police searched the vehicle, they discovered a large quantity of groceries and other household goods in it. It was later established that the items had been stolen from the Woermann Brock Supermarket in Hochland Park, and three men were arrested.Three rapes were reported to the Police this past weekend.On Friday evening, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped at a house in Mariental by a 31-year-old man.The suspect was arrested.Late on Saturday afternoon at Usakos, a 32-year-old woman fell victim to a man who allegedly raped her at the Padstal Front Flats at the town.The suspect is still at large.During the early hours of Sunday morning, a man allegedly raped a 22-year-old woman near a dumping site at Omaruru.Police are still searching for the suspect.* An 88-year-old man committed suicide at a village near Ondangwa on Friday afternoon.The man, identified as Johannes Joseph, shot himself with a shotgun in his bedroom, the Police reported.Another suicide was reported at Omega in the Caprivi Region on Friday afternoon.Bee-Abrey Katjimbeli (16) hanged himself with an electric wire at home, the Police said.It was later established that the items had been stolen from the Woermann Brock Supermarket in Hochland Park, and three men were arrested.Three rapes were reported to the Police this past weekend.On Friday evening, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped at a house in Mariental by a 31-year-old man.The suspect was arrested.Late on Saturday afternoon at Usakos, a 32-year-old woman fell victim to a man who allegedly raped her at the Padstal Front Flats at the town.The suspect is still at large.During the early hours of Sunday morning, a man allegedly raped a 22-year-old woman near a dumping site at Omaruru.Police are still searching for the suspect.* An 88-year-old man committed suicide at a village near Ondangwa on Friday afternoon.The man, identified as Johannes Joseph, shot himself with a shotgun in his bedroom, the Police reported.Another suicide was reported at Omega in the Caprivi Region on Friday afternoon.Bee-Abrey Katjimbeli (16) hanged himself with an electric wire at home, the Police said.