Mandrax case postponed to January

The court case involving three young men who allegedly hid more than 500 Mandrax tablets at the Walvis Bay sewage works was again postponed for laboratory results.

Granville Llewellyn Noble (20), and two brothers Elton (28) and Marlon Summers (23) were arrested by the Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Namibian Police at Walvis Bay in April when they tried to recover 506 Mandrax tablets valued at N$30 360. The drugs were hidden underground in an enclosed plastic container at the towns sewage works.The Police reacted on a tip-off and staked out the site to catch the three suspects red-handed when they tried to collect the drugs.On their first appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrates Court the case was postponed for five months to allow time for laboratory results.When they appeared again last week, the case had to be postponed again for four months to January 31 as the results were not yet available.They each received bail of N$10 000, which they immediately paid in cash, on their first appearance.The drugs were hidden underground in an enclosed plastic container at the towns sewage works.The Police reacted on a tip-off and staked out the site to catch the three suspects red-handed when they tried to collect the drugs.On their first appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrates Court the case was postponed for five months to allow time for laboratory results.When they appeared again last week, the case had to be postponed again for four months to January 31 as the results were not yet available.They each received bail of N$10 000, which they immediately paid in cash, on their first appearance.

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