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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6617 FRIDAY 06 JANUARY 2017
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More than N$1 million in fines issued for Erongo during festive season Floris Steenkamp The Namibian Police registered a total of 1 035 criminal offences in the Erongo Region in the period 1 December 2016 to date, for which fines were issued to the approximate value of N$1 065 829-00, according to the Regional Commander of the Namibian Police in the region, Commissioner Andreas Nelumbu. This is a decrease from the 1 485 registered cases said despite it, it remains regrettable that there in the same period in 2015/16 when fines to the were three road deaths, nine serious injuries, 27 less severe injuries and damages to property that value of N$1 893 612-00 were issued. Nelumbu expressed satisfaction with the were also registered in Erongo during the same performance of law enforcers in towns and on the period. roads in the Region over the festive period, but “Any death, injury and the loss of property and Continues on page 2
At the press briefing yesterday, Commisioner Nelumbu. On the right: Nampol Regional Crime Coordinator, Chief Inspector Erastus Ikuyu.
Swakop traffic official encounters highest alcohol reading ever...... Erwin Leuschner The Swakopmund traffic department arrested 28 drivers between 1 December 2016 and 3 January 2017 on charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol. The highest reading recorded while conducting a breathalyser test was 1.54 milligrams per 1000 millilitres of breath – four times over the legal limit (0.37 mg). Continues on page 2
Tax fraud case:
Total of thirteen people now behind bars Senior tax official on the run gives herself over Floris Steenkamp The number increased to thirteen for people arrested since late December for a N$2 220 718-16 income tax refund fraud scheme involving three workers of the Walvis Bay office of the Receiver of Revenue (Department of Inland Revenue, Ministry of Finance). “Be sure, we will be coming to get you”, the Regional Commander of the Namibian Police in Erongo, Commissioner Andreas Nelumbu, said during a media briefing at the police regional headquarters in Walvis Bay yesterday on questions of the latest breakthrough in the income tax refund fraud case. Commissioner Nelumbu made these remarks, as the number of people added to the charge sheet is increasing daily as the Receiver of Revenue and the Namibian Police's investigation progresses. The latest accused arrested are senior taxation officer Jeanette Garoes who gave herself over to the police late on Tuesday. She fled late in December when she learnt of her pending arrest. She made a first appearance in the Walvis Bay magistrates court yesterday along with two more suspects also arrested this week: Lukas Shailemo and Anna Mutilifa. Other suspects arrested late in December already are: taxation officer Henry Visagie of the Ministry Of Finance's Walvis Bay Office as well as his spouse Willemina Visagie. The other accused are: Morné Feris, Jaqueline Imbili, Quinton Matthews and Marlon Prins, Roselli Leonardo, Michael McLobo, Velnancio Muller and Patrick Titus. All accused were denied bail and will again appear in court on 10 January when they all would make a bid for bail. The accused persons allegedly between April 2013 and November 2016 forged Pay as You Earn (PAYE 5) certificates in the names of some twenty one family and friends, resulting in undeserved tax refunds. More arrests are most likely to follow, as an investigation into the incident is still ongoing.
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