Reported crime in the Oshana Region declined from over 11,000 cases during the 2024-2025 to 10,267 during the 2025-2026 financial year.
The National Council MP Abner Shikongo informed the National Council during the motivation of the Oshana Regional Council 2025-2027 financial year.
The police have called on members of the public to voluntarily surrender illegal and unwanted firearms and ammunition without fear of arrest or prosecution.
This is in line with an amnesty period for the month of September, launched on Wednesday in the capital.
Residents of Rehoboth took part in a protest to raise awareness about drug and alcohol abuse, as well as rising criminal activity in their communities on Saturday.
Zambia's Police Service Commissioner and a magistrate are among six people charged and arrested in connection with the alleged theft of copper cathodes worth roughly N$ 7 million, police said Thursday.
An 86-year-old woman from Popa Village in the Kavango East's Mukwe Constituency was allegedly raped by a known suspect over the weekend.
It is reported that the suspect allegedly broke into her room on Friday at around midnight.
Ohangwena Governor Kadiva Hamutumwa has raised concern over the increase in criminal activities in the region, revealing that more than 6,400 criminal cases were reported in 2025.
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) seized various illicit drug substances and arrested 143 suspects during anti-drug operations conducted nationwide between 1 and 31 May this year.
A 39-year-old man, Alfred Tomas, suspected of murdering his 83-year-old grandmother, Selma Shilongo, at her homestead in Ondiyamande village, Uukwiyuushona Constituency, over the weekend has been remanded in custody.
The majority of drug trafficking cases in Namibia are linked to individual suspects or small independent distributors and not to any organised cartel or syndicate.
Additional charges have been brought against Rehoboth drug accused Naomi Fisch.
The State is accusing Fisch of obstructing the course of justice while she was out on bail.
