Three suspects have been apprehended by the police in Otjiwarongo after allegedly robbing an American tourist couple at a local lodge in town.
Otjozondjupa Police Community Liaison Officer Maureen Mbeha said the suspects are between the ages of 24 and 33.
Supporters of the conservative group Britain First marched through Tamworth on Saturday demanding mass 'remigration', as police kept them apart from anti-fascist demonstrators during rival chants in the town centre.
Police in the Ohangwena Region have expressed concern over the rising number of suicide cases and other serious crimes recorded in the region over the past three years.
Police Commander Ottilie Kashuupulwa says 189 suicide cases were recorded since 2023, of which 37 are this year alone.
Hundreds of small-scale traders shut their shops and took to the streets of central Nairobi on Friday, protesting a 28 per cent rise in the customs tax.
The police have called on members of the public to voluntarily surrender illegal and unwanted firearms and ammunition without fear of arrest or prosecution.
This is in line with an amnesty period for the month of September, launched on Wednesday in the capital.
The family of gender-based violence victim Da Silva Gowases has handed over a petition to the Okahandja Magistrates' Court and the Okahandja Police Station.
An 86-year-old woman from Popa Village in the Kavango East's Mukwe Constituency was allegedly raped by a known suspect over the weekend.
It is reported that the suspect allegedly broke into her room on Friday at around midnight.
Ohangwena Governor Kadiva Hamutumwa has raised concern over the increase in criminal activities in the region, revealing that more than 6,400 criminal cases were reported in 2025.
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) seized various illicit drug substances and arrested 143 suspects during anti-drug operations conducted nationwide between 1 and 31 May this year.
The Namibian police's Women Network in the Zambezi region commemorated 16 years of its existence.
The event held at Katima Mulilo was held under the theme "Honouring the past, empowering the future of women".
