In an alarming incident that transpired at the Jolly Joker bar in Omaruru, a 69-year-old bartender fell victim to a harrowing robbery at knifepoint.
Three unidentified assailants, armed with knives, a panga, and a pistol, entered the establishment around nine o'clock in the evening on Tuesday.
Two men who were arrested in connection with the robbery of a teacher at Rundu's Rudolf Ngondo Primary School last week appeared in the Rundu Magistrate's Court today.
Annanias Amutenya, 27 years old, and Paulus Shaanika, 33, were arrested at a bar in the Sikanduko neighborhood on Thursday.
The getaway car was also found hidden in a yard at the Sauyema location.
NamPol's acting Regional Commander for Kavango East, Deputy Commissioner Eino Nambahu, said the silver Polo sedan is believed to have been hired from Independence Car Hire in Windhoek.
A cash-in-transit vehicle of Namibia Protection Services was robbed by armed criminals at Walvis Bay while loading cash boxes during the early hours of Saturday.
The robbers took seven cash boxes collected from various shops that were held inside the vehicle, totaling N$1.6 million.
They also took the security guards' pistols, cellphones, and a Motorola hand radio.
The seven shops in question were Woerman Brock branches in Kuisebmond, Narraville, Seagull, and Shoreline, as well as U-SAVE Kuisebmond, Metro Cash and Carry, and MotoVec.
