A four-month-old foetus was found on Thursday morning dumped in a sewage drain at Osona Village outside Okahandja in the Otjozondupa Region.

The Namibian Police Force Unit Commander for Community Affairs in the region, Inspector Maureen Mbeha, said on Friday that the foetus was discovered on Thursday at 09h30 by workers dealing with the water recycling and sewage systems of the village.

"The lifeless foetus, weighing 450 grammes, was found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in the sewage drain of the Osona Village," Mbeha said.

No arrest has been made in connection with the matter so far, and Mbeha is now calling on the general public, who might be aware of a woman who was pregnant but now does not show signs, to share that information with the nearest police station in the country.

The concealment of a birth docket was opened on Thursday at the Okahandja Police Station, and investigations continue.