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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6708 1 DECEMBER 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Drug dealers sent to prison
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Four arrested during drug bust
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Welcome Walvis Bay Superspar
despite pleas for leniency
Locker vom Crude oil refinery for Walvis Bay Hocker
Piquet Jacobs The courts will no longer be lenient when it comes to convictions for dealing in cocaine. Three Walvis Bay residents who were found guilty of dealing in cocaine this week were each slapped with a prison sentence, as opposed to expectations that they were only to be given a fine each. All three also pleaded for leniency by the court not to sentence them to prison, but this was all to no avail. Diego Wicomb (25), Benito Du Toit (18) and Martin Humphries (21) were sentenced by magistrate John Sindano on Wednesday. Wicomb is a repeat offender and received two separate jail terms of eighteen months and six months for two separate cocaine-convictions. Du Toit and Humpries are first offenders. Du Toit received a six months sentence and Humpries eighteen monhts. Several members of the Wa l v i s B a y c o m munity were present in the court room during
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the final witness testimony and sentencing. The state called Mr Paul Fisher, principal of Narraville Primary School and active member of the Narraville Neighbourhood Watch, to testify on the prevalence of drugs in the Walvis Bay community. Also on the negative impact the drug trade and subsequent drug abuse has on our communities, families and households. Fisher also asked the court for harsher sentences for drug dealers. Drug dealers are lured by the glamours of quick money and lavish lifestyles, but they don't care about the destruction they
cause. Children are recruited as drug runners and the fabric of our communities are coming apart as a result. The three accused cited unemployment and the hardship to provide for their dependants. Their defense recommended they pay a hefty fine each, but magistrate Sindano viewed direct imprisonment as the appropriate sentence. Before the court adjourned, lawyer Christo Van Rensburg who was representing Du Toit and Humphries informed the court of his clients' intention to appeal.
out of the blocks by March 2018 Sharlien Tjambari
Thompson Kagan Africa Holdings (TKAH), an energy group that specialises in the acquisition and global movement of crude oil and gas, announced this week its intention to establish Namibia's first oil refinery in Walvis Bay. The project is expected to begin as early as 2018 with its first phase at a price tag of N$3,5 billion. A company by the name of Baker Development of businessman Neville Baker, which also envisages the Bakerville housing development east of the dune belt, is the concept developer. TKAH is a Namibian registered firm and will soon open its head office in Windhoek for the operations and administration and to manage and coordinate the development plan, explained
Brent Thompson, the Director of Thompson Kegan Africa Holdings, during the launch of the project in Swakopmund this week. According to Thompson, TKAH is an international leader in oil refineries and petroleum services. He continued: "We are looking at many other development opportunities to make Namibia an export nation of about 25 000 barrels of refined oil [and
by-products] per day during the first phase. Future growth and expansion may bring this to about 100 000 barrels production capacity per day. We want these products to be made in Namibia, by the Namibian people". Thompson further explained the project will consist of a crude oil refinery, fuel storage, fuel pipeline and downstream
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