The police have recorded six murders and culpable homicide cases, two attempted murder cases, and one assault case over the weekend.
The statistics are contained in the police weekend crime report.
Twenty people have been arrested in the Omaheke Region since the start of this year for drug abuse.
Namibia has recorded six cases of trafficking in persons between June 2024 and June this year.
This was shared during the commemoration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons held at Rundu.
A 50-year-old Namibian woman has been arrested for attempted murder in Otjiwarongo after seriously injuring a man by stabbing him last night.
The incident occurred around 22:30 at a house believed to be the suspect's residence.
The Otjozondjupa police on Monday apprehended the suspect in the multiple stabbing incident which occurred Sunday night at a bar in Otjiwarongo’s Tsaraxa Aibes informal settlement.
WEEKEND CRIME | The Namibian Police report four suicides and one sudden death over the weekend.
A senior citizen, 72-year-old Julius Hengombe, was found hanging from a wire under a tree at the Ojikango Ekwenya village in the Otjozondjpa Region. No suicide note was found.
Rehoboth tops the list of drug busts over the Easter weekend.
A 27-year-old man was arrested at Rehoboth after he was found in possession of four full and one-quarter Mandrax tablets, valued at N$550.
A 16-month-old baby died after he allegedly drowned in a bucket.
The baby was left in the house with a 9-year-old minor at the time of the incident.
His body has been transported to the Okahao police mortuary for an autopsy.
