Namibia: Poachers Hit With Heavy Sentences

TWO Zambian men were sentenced to three years in jail each for possession of a leopard skin, while a pensioner was fined N$30 000 for the illegal possession of a duiker last week.

In the first incident, the two Zambian men, Tobolo Luwaile (30), and Sindiiwe Manyando (36), were each sentenced to three years' imprisonment in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate's Court last Thursday.

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