Luqman Cloete
25 April 2008
Windhoek — KARAS Regional Police Commander Josephat Abel has expressed concern over increasing stock theft cases along Namibia's border with South Africa.
Deputy Commissioner Abel said recent joint operations involving Police from the Karas Region and Northern Cape Province in South Africa resulted in the confiscation of 16 cattle reported stolen at Alexanderbaai, South Africa.
"We've found that people have developed a tendency to trade stolen livestock for drugs," Abel told The Namibian on Tuesday.
At a Joint Technical Committee on Defence and Security meeting held last week at Keetmanshoop and attended by officials from the two countries, it was decided to increase border patrols to stem the tide of stock theft, Abel said.
Strategies to combat cross-border crime were also discussed.
Abel said 14 people had been arrested on charges including possession of dagga and illegal crossing of borders during a joint cross-border operation called Operation !Garieb.
The Police chief noted that illegal fishing with nets in the Orange River had become common.
He reported that a large number of nets, some canoes, firewood, 60 fresh fish and 600 dried were confiscated, while one Namibian was fined for selling and buying fish illegally.
According to Abel, four vehicles with foreign number plates were found at Aussenkehr, apparently having evaded customs levies.
He said a Police investigation into this case was continuing.
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