Housebreaking and robbery topped crime reports across Namibia over the weekend.
Several housebreaking cases with intent to steal occurred in Mariental, Ongwediva, Henties Bay, and Bunya in Kavango West.
A 25-year-old nurse was left traumatised after being kidnapped and robbed by a taxi driver and his two accomplices in Ongwediva on Thursday night.
Three men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery that took place last night at Nau-Aib, Okahandja, while two other suspects remain at large.
The men, aged between 28 and 30, stole 37 packs of Closwa Biltong and N$21,500 in cash.
The police in the Erongo Region have arrested two suspects in connection with Wednesday's robbery at Beefco Meat Market in Walvis Bay.
The two suspects were allegedly shopping at the mall when members of the public tipped the police off.
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.
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.
