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Suspect escapes custody at Walvis Bay

Contributed by NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 24 SEP (NAMPA) – The Namibian Police are searching for a trial-awaiting prisoner who escaped from custody while headed to court at Walvis Bay on Friday.
The weekend crime report issued on Sunday said Andreas Victor Kaushi escaped from the magistrate’s court while being escorted from the holding cells at around 16h55.
The 32-year-old Kaushi, from Oshikolongondjo village in the Oshana Region, was in custody for two counts of armed robbery and possession of a firearm without a licence.

 

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