Title:

Drie mans vas oor ses olifanttande

Author(s):
Publication Year:
2021
Abstract:

Drie mans is onlangs op twee verskillende plekke met ses olifanttande vasgetrek. Twee Angolese burgers, mnre. Abraham Mwetupunga en Velema Nghitila, is Sondag op Onandjmba glo met twee olifanttande in hegtenis geneem en 'n Namibiese man, mnr. Philips Kutenda Thikuma, glo met vier olifanttande op 6 Maart by Mukwe. Hulle is deel van die 14 wildmisdaadverdagtes wat volgens die wildmisdaadverslag van 6 tot 14 Maart in sewe wildmisdaadsake in hegtenis geneem is. By Kamanjab is vier Namibiese mans, mnre. Karel en Isascar Gaingob en Jonas en Seth Aebeb, verlede Saterdag met 'n kameelperdkarkas glo in hul besit vasgetrek. Beslag is op die karkas en 'n jaggeweer gelê. Die ander wildmisdaadsake behels die stropery van ietermagôs of smokkelary van hul produkte en die verdagtes wat in hegtenis geneem is, is almal Namibiese mans. Mnre. Nikodemus Kotokeni Hafeni Nicodemus en Simon Akwenye is op Sondag 7 Maart glo met 110 ietermagôskubbe en een stuk ietermagôvel vasgetrap.

Three men were recently caught in two different places with six elephant tusks. Two Angolan citizens, Messrs. Abraham Mwetupunga and Velema Nghitila, were allegedly arrested on Sunday at Onandjmba with two elephant tusks and a Namibian man, Mr. Philips Kutenda Thikuma, apparently with four elephant tusks on March 6 at Mukwe. They are part of the 14 wildlife crime suspects who were arrested in seven wildlife crime cases, according to the wildlife crime report from March 6 to 14. At Kamanjab are four Namibian men, Messrs. Karel and Isascar Gaingob and Jonas and Seth Aebeb, apparently caught in their possession last Saturday with a giraffe carcass. The carcass and a hunting rifle were seized. The other wildlife crime cases involve the poaching of pangolin or smuggling of their products and the suspects arrested are all Namibian men. Messrs. Nicodemus Kotokeni Hafeni Nicodemus and Simon Akwenye were allegedly trampled on Sunday, March 7, with 110 pangolin scales and one piece of pangolin skin.

Series Title:
Republikein
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
af

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