Hitch-hikers steal bakkie in North

AN Ongwediva resident paid a high price for helping two hitch-hikers on Sunday, when they disappeared with his Isuzu bakkie valued at N$60 000, the Police reported yesterday.

The owner of the car, Joseph Nghitoolwa, apparently left his two passengers in the car while he went into a cuca shop to get change for a N$100 note they had given him. When he returned, the car was gone.The bakkie’s registration number is N827SH.* A taxi driver was shot and killed at Okahandja’s Five Rand Camp location on Sunday night.The driver was apparently hijacked by unknown suspects who shot him in the chest and made off with his green Hyundai.The driver died on the spot.The car was recovered on the main road towards Karibib on Monday, Police say.The deceased has not yet been identified.* Two women are receiving treatment in the Onandjokwe hospital in the North after an armed robbery on Sunday night.The women reported that at around 22h00 they were at home when three unknown men, one armed with an AK-47 and another with a panga, entered the house.The two women were hacked with the panga while being held at gunpoint, and the robbers made off with N$1 000.The women’s condition is reported as stable, the Police reported.* A total of N$102 026 in cash was stolen from the Oshakati Cashbuild near the Oshakati Open Market on Sunday evening.Thieves gained entry through the roof of the building and broke open the safe.Nobody had been arrested by yesterday afternoon, and the cash had not been recovered.* A Toyota Raider bakkie worth an estimated N$80 000 was stolen from a house at Ongwediva early on Monday morning.The vehicle’s registration number is N5111SH.* Items valued at N$90 000 were stolen from a house in Windhoek’s Dorado Park area on Friday.The thieves, who cut through the burglar bars of the house, made off with a digital camera, a laptop computer, DVD player, four pairs of shoes, clothes and N$100 in cash.* Items valued at N$30 000 were stolen from a house in Windhoek’s Eros surburb on Saturday, after thieves forced open the door with an unknown object.* An 18-month-old baby drowned in a waterhole near her parents’ house in the Omusati Region on Sunday morning.The incident took place at Oshitumbe village in the Uukolonkadhi area.When he returned, the car was gone.The bakkie’s registration number is N827SH.* A taxi driver was shot and killed at Okahandja’s Five Rand Camp location on Sunday night.The driver was apparently hijacked by unknown suspects who shot him in the chest and made off with his green Hyundai.The driver died on the spot.The car was recovered on the main road towards Karibib on Monday, Police say.The deceased has not yet been identified.* Two women are receiving treatment in the Onandjokwe hospital in the North after an armed robbery on Sunday night.The women reported that at around 22h00 they were at home when three unknown men, one armed with an AK-47 and another with a panga, entered the house.The two women were hacked with the panga while being held at gunpoint, and the robbers made off with N$1 000.The women’s condition is reported as stable, the Police reported.* A total of N$102 026 in cash was stolen from the Oshakati Cashbuild near the Oshakati Open Market on Sunday evening.Thieves gained entry through the roof of the building and broke open the safe.Nobody had been arrested by yesterday afternoon, and the cash had not been recovered.* A Toyota Raider bakkie worth an estimated N$80 000 was stolen from a house at Ongwediva early on Monday morning.The vehicle’s registration number is N5111SH.* Items valued at N$90 000 were stolen from a house in Windhoek’s Dorado Park area on Friday.The thieves, who cut through the burglar bars of the house, made off with a digital camera, a laptop computer, DVD player, four pairs of shoes, clothes and N$100 in cash.* Items valued at N$30 000 were stolen from a house in Windhoek’s Eros surburb on Saturday, after thieves forced open the door with an unknown object.* An 18-month-old baby drowned in a waterhole near her parents’ house in the Omusati Region on Sunday morning.The incident took place at Oshitumbe village in the Uukolonkadhi area.