Five suspects arrested for rhino poaching in Gobabis
Publication Year:
2024
Abstract:
THE Namibian police have reported that they have arrested five suspects in relation to an incident where a White Rhino bull was shot and killed, and its horns removed on a farm in the Gobabis district on May 4, 2024.
According to Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, the national spokesperson of the Namibian police, the arrested suspects are Michael Shomeya Koshondatile (39), Barnabas Shitaleni Muzanime (35), Victory Henghono (31), Imanuel Stafanus Nangwasha (34), and Petrus Petrus Nghifindaka (31), and the matter was postponed to August 13, 2024. Shikwambi said that the incident prompted an investigation by the Blue Rhino Task Team (BRTT), the Protected Resources Sub-Division in the Omaheke Region, as well as the Investigation Unit of MEFT.