Police recover stolen gambling machines; prisoner in North threatens suicide

POLICE caught two men on the road between Karibib and Okahandja, while they were allegedly transporting three stolen jackpot machines, a 7.65 pistol, a bolt cutter and a tyre lever in a VW Microbus, also believed to be stolen, on Wednesday.

Both suspects, aged 25 and 36, have been arrested. The gambling machines are valued at N$150 000.* A 48-year-old trial-awaiting prisoner was rushed to hospital at Ondangwa on Monday, after he apparently tried to kill himself by taking an overdose of pills.Police reported yesterday that the prisoner had on various occasions threatened to commit suicide.The prisoner, whose name has not been released, was admitted to the Oshakati State hospital and is said to be in a stable state.He is being held on a murder charge.* A 26-year-old man was arrested in Ohangwena on Monday after a 20-year-old man he had allegedly stabbed earlier in the day died.The two apparently had a quarrel, after which Shetunyenga Kandjibi was stabbed in the chest with a traditional knife.The gambling machines are valued at N$150 000.* A 48-year-old trial-awaiting prisoner was rushed to hospital at Ondangwa on Monday, after he apparently tried to kill himself by taking an overdose of pills.Police reported yesterday that the prisoner had on various occasions threatened to commit suicide.The prisoner, whose name has not been released, was admitted to the Oshakati State hospital and is said to be in a stable state.He is being held on a murder charge. * A 26-year-old man was arrested in Ohangwena on Monday after a 20-year-old man he had allegedly stabbed earlier in the day died.The two apparently had a quarrel, after which Shetunyenga Kandjibi was stabbed in the chest with a traditional knife.