A man is on the run after abandoning a vehicle loaded with cannabis worth about N$5 million at the Noordoewer border post on Friday.
National police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi confirmed this in a police report released on Sunday.
The police say the incident took place at around 03h00 when a vehicle with a Windhoek registration number was intercepted while entering Namibia from South Africa.
Shikwambi says the vehicle was subjected to scanner inspection, which revealed suspicious objects concealed within its compartments.
“The suspect, a Namibian man, disappeared after realising border control officials had detected foreign objects hidden in the vehicle,” she says.
A total of 104 parcels of cannabis, commonly known as skunk, with an estimated street value of N$5.45 million, were recovered from the vehicle.
The drugs were seized and the vehicle was impounded.
“As per Natis records obtained, the vehicle belongs to a Tanzanian national who lives in Namibia, who however, denied ownership of the car on police inquiry.
“The suspect is still at large. Police investigation in the matter continues,” Shikwambi says.
In a separate incident, a man (23) was arrested at Omuthiya after being found in possession of cannabis on Friday.
Shikwambi says the arrest took place at around 08h30 at Makeko in the Oshikoto region, where a body search led to the discovery of 32 bags of cannabis and a plastic bag containing loose cannabis in the suspect’s backpack.
“The suspect was thereafter taken to his residence, where the search continued, and more cannabis was found in his room,” she says.
The police further extended the search to a car wash where the suspect is employed, allegedly uncovering additional cannabis in a storeroom where he keeps his tools.
The suspect is expected to appear in the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
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