Six held in drug busts

THE Police have confiscated N$48 570 worth of dagga and N$159 300 worth of Mandrax tablets in three different drug busts.

Olga Mmampedi Lpunya (39), a South African national, was arrested after Mandrax tablets to the value of N$24 950 were found at her house in Wanaheda in a Police raid. She appeared before the Katutura Magistrate on August 29 and the case was postponed until November 16.The latest arrest came while she was out on bail after having been caught with 21 454 kg of dagga in 2003.In another operation at the Windhoek-Rehoboth roadblock, a vehicle with a South African registration number was searched and 2 687 Mandrax tablets with a street value of N$134 350 were found in a secret compartment.Lucky Qongogo (47) and Simon Mziwandile Theophilus (44), both South Africans, were arrested and appeared before the Rehoboth Magistrate’s court on September 5.At the same roadblock, a taxi was stopped on August 25 and a box with 75 parcels of dagga was found.She appeared before the Katutura Magistrate on August 29 and the case was postponed until November 16.The latest arrest came while she was out on bail after having been caught with 21 454 kg of dagga in 2003.In another operation at the Windhoek-Rehoboth roadblock, a vehicle with a South African registration number was searched and 2 687 Mandrax tablets with a street value of N$134 350 were found in a secret compartment.Lucky Qongogo (47) and Simon Mziwandile Theophilus (44), both South Africans, were arrested and appeared before the Rehoboth Magistrate’s court on September 5.At the same roadblock, a taxi was stopped on August 25 and a box with 75 parcels of dagga was found.

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