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Walvis Bay Police mourns death of three officers Eileen van der Schyff
Biggest cocaine bust in history
Members of the Walvis Bay Police were stunned over the weekend by the sad news of the death of three of their colleagues in a vehicle accident on Saturday evening near Kalkfeld. Several other police officials who were also traveling in the same vehicle were injured. Some of whom are still in a serious yet stable condition. The Regional Crime Investigations Coordinator for the Namibian Police in Erongo, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Ikuyu yesterday morning released the names of the deceased. They are Sgt Haididila Paulus Likuwa (34), a member of the Second Hand Vehicles Subdivision in Walvis Bay, Sgt Allan Hoebeb (42) stationed at the Kuisebmond police station Sgt Paulina Nakale Uusiku (40),
a member of the K-9 Unit at Walvis Bay. According to Deputy Commissioner Ikuyu a tyre blow-out was the cause of the accident. The driver lost control of the Toyota Quantum. It resulted in the vehicle leaving the road and overturning. “Members Likuwa and Hoebeb died at the scene of the accident and Sergeant Uusiku passed on at the Omaruru State Hospital”, Deputy Commissioner Iikuyu explained. Adding the
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other nine members of the Force who survived the accident two sustained serious injuries that necessitated their evacuation to the Katutur State Hospital in Windhoek. Others were hospitalised at Usakos and Swakomund, some of whom were already discharged. At the time of going to press there were no clarity yet as to where and when a joint memorial service would be held for the deceased.
Bail application Dinath Ashar and Grant Noble, the two prime suspects nabbed in what became the biggest cocaine bust in Namibia’s history, will start with a formal bail application in the Walvis Bay magistrates court this morning. This bail hearing is set to continue until Thursday. Ashar and Noble were arrested on Friday 15 June this year, after 413kg of cocaine were found stashed in a cargo container in the port of Walvis Bay. The container, which originated in Brazil via Cape Town, was laden with carton boxes of photocopy paper which also served as the means to conceal the haul of cocaine. Various agencies, which included law enforcement and customs, placed the container under surveillance since it first arrived in port aboard the container vessel Amanda D on 8 June. When Ashar and Noble came to clear the container, the net closed around them. It is believed both Ashar and Noble have a wealth of information to share with the investigating team, as it is believed they were not alone in the deal which saw the cocaine shipped from Brazil to Cape Town and then on to Walvis Bay.
Alweendo - recovery of uranium market crucial
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The recovery of uranium markets prices are key to the survival of uranium mines in Erongo and would prevent the inevitable – retrenchments. This was said on Friday by the Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo during a visit to Swakop Uranium's Husab Mine. The average market price for uranium remains at around US$23 per pound, as opposed to US$60 per pound when many of the mines were constructed. Several factors dictate uranium market prices and at the current moment market forces created a situation where the supply of Continues on page 2
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