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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6729 FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
inside Logan Pretorius, his sister and Old age homes Brazilian co-accused slapped with donated illegally Navy for N$10 000 per person drug-fine caught kabeljou steams Walvis Bay Four drug dealers were convicted in the magistrates court in Walvis Bay on Tuesday morning and slapped with hefty fines amounting to a total of N$40 000 or each facing eighteen months in prison.
More than 200 fish (cob) confiscated from illegal ski-boat angling activities north of Swakopmund over the weekend were this week donated by fisheries staff to old age homes in Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. The fish weighed several tons.
Logan Pretorius, Reggenald Carlo Bezuidenhout, Sandra Riobo and Genielle Pretorius were contesting their innocence since their first court appearance in the matter in October 2015, but evidence against the four was overwhelming. At the time, Pretorius was also informed that he risks having his property and other belongings seized in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA) if the
In Walvis Bay recipients were Huis Palms Old Age Home, Kuisebmond Old Age Home, Kuisebmond Elders, Narraville Elders, Jeanette Martin Charity Foundation, Christian Assembly Feeding Scheme and the !Oe-#Gân Traditional Authority. In Swakomund beneficiaries were: Antonius Residenz Trust, Marie Douglas Heim, Lions Old Age Home, Tears of Hope, C.H.A.I.N. and Palm Garden. (Pictures on page 5)
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investigation found he accumulated his wealth from drug proceeds. In sentencing them, Magistrate Sindano Liwoyo said he is giving them a second chance to clean up their lives, but added dealing in drugs is a growing problem in Namibian society. Simultaneously drug use is also growing among Namibians and it is a social evil that needs to be rooted out.
N$1000 for savage killing of dog A man was fined N$1000 for animal cruelty by the Namibian Police in Walvis Bay this week, after he admitted to killing a young Bullterrier dog by hitting it with heavy objects. Two more people were seen taking part in this barbaric attack on the dog, but proved to be cowards by denying involvement and allow their accomplice to take the wrap alone. Several people witnessed the attack and it compelled the Police, who at first was not very energetic to attend to the incident, to give the culprit the fine. Animal cruelty is punishable by either a fine or prison conviction. Unfortunately, many Namibians still lack a culture of empathy towards animals and subject both domestic- and animals of burden (draught animals like donkeys, horses and oxen) to inhumane treatment every day right across the country. In this incident which took place last Friday, a Bullterrier approximately fourteen months old got out of its owner's premises as a new gate was under construction. Two males caught the dog and Continues on page 2
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