A 56-year-old male truck driver was arrested at Tcove village in the Kavango West Region on Friday after he reportedly stole fuel from a fuel tanker truck he was driving.

The Namibian Police Force in the region in a weekend crime report here Sunday indicated that the suspect allegedly sold the fuel to motorists at Tcove village along the Rundu-Grootfontein road.

According to the report, the police found three vehicles loaded with containers of fuel abandoned on the scene after the suspected drivers fled when the police arrived.

The vehicles were impounded. Diesel valued at N.dollars 22 070 was stolen.

In an unrelated incident, a 31-year-old man escaped death Friday evening at Mbome village in the Kavango West Region after his hut was allegedly set on fire while he was inside the hut. The victim suffered injuries on his feet.

It is alleged that a male suspect who is not yet arrested, set the victim’s room on fire and it destroyed completely with all his belongings inside the hut

Source: The Namibia News
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