Erongo police commander warns against buying of stolen goods

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2025-01-31

WALVIS BAY, 25 November 2024 - Chief of the Namibian Police in the Erongo Region Commissioner Nikolaus Kupembona. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 31 JAN (NAMPA) – Commissioner Nikolaus Kupembona has called on the public to refrain from purchasing stolen goods as doing so fuels criminal activities such as housebreakings and robberies.
Speaking at a media briefing in Walvis Bay on Friday, the commissioner stressed that criminals are motivated to steal because a market exists for their stolen goods.
“Members of the community are making this market possible,” he said, urging reside...

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