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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6803 TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Drugs worth N$103 760 confiscated
Well-known Walvis Bay businessman Louis Nasilowski among those arrested
Floris Steenkamp The owner of Largo Video at Walvis Bay, Louis Nasilowski (58), counts among those arrested in various anti-drug operations at the coast over the weekend. The total value of the drugs: N$18 760-00. N a s i l o w s k i w a s Nasilowski was due to block intercepted allefound to be in the make a first appearance ged drug dealers. A possession of the so- in the Walvis Bay total of 19 packs of called “Speed” drug magistrates court today cannabis were confisw h i c h i n c l u d e d on charges of dealing cated. The drugs are “Smoke” and “Wiz” in cannabis, but he valued at N$85 000. A both popular among reportedly fell ill and Namibian and a Swazi young people and al- was transported by national made first apso believed to be one ambulance to a Wind- pearances on drug trafof the entry level hoek hospital yester- ficking charges in the drugs that leads to le- day. He remains under Swakopmund magistrates court. Total vels of addictions police guard. that require users to The Namibian Police value of drugs seized: Nasilowski shortly after his arrest. Some of the drugs confiscated. switch over to harder also on Friday at the N$103 760-00 drugs. Swakopmund road-
Robbery charges for Free diabetes testing two who targeted today at Walvis Bay tourists at the lagoon World Diabetes Day today:
Floris Steenkamp
Floris Steenkamp Today, 14 November, is World Diabetes Day. This day is observed every year on this date, as this marks the birthday of Frederick Banting, the man who co-discovered insulin in 1922 alongside Charles Best. The work in this field is also recognised of Dr. Nikolai Paulescu of Romania in the same year. A free wellness program and diabetics tests will be conducted today at the Saint Raphael Health Recovery Clinic in Walvis Bay (across the street from the Dunes Mall where Langer Heinrich Crescent connects to the airport road) be-
tween 09:00 and 12:00 and thereafter at MPACT at 44, 3rd Street East from 15:00 to 17:00. The project is hosted by the Lions Club of Walvis Bay. As part of today's observance of World Diabetes Day, a former Walvis Bay resident, Dr Silvana Nienaber
(Teleman), who lives with diabetes shared her experience of living with this disease. She highlights the importance to learn and understand diabetics and to manage the disease constantly: “As most of you know I have had type 1 Continues on page 2
Two people arrested last Monday after targeting two tourists at a public toilet at the Walvis Bay lagoon were charged last week with robbery, alternatively possession of suspected stolen goods. Stefanus Angula and Tobias Iyambo (ages not indicated) were arrested less than three minutes after they robbed a tourist couple and then sped off in a vehicle. A traffic official spotted the speeding vehicle seconds after he heard of the robbery on the two way radio in his patrol car. He gave chase and after pulling the vehicle off arrested
the driver. The other passengers jumped out of the vehicle and ran away. One could be apprehended. The duo was denied bail and the matter was postponed to 22 November. It brings the total to five, thugs who were arrested and prosecuted for robbery and theft, targeting tourists in Walvis Bay. The five are all serving compulsory prison sentences ranging from six
to ten months. The Walvis Bay magistrates court was also accommodative in all the incidents where the tourists were robbed, by allowing victims to testify immediately to allow them to continue on their holiday journeys through the country, as opposed to be delayed for weeks or even having to return to Namibia at a later stage to testify.
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9th Street renamed
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The late Toivo ya Toivo honoured
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Diamond Netball Challenge
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