A 38-YEAR-OLD ambulance driver was arrested on Sunday in the Zambezi region after he was found transporting half a carcass of an impala and 22 hunting rifles in the emergency vehicle.
Chris Lizazi appeared in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, and was granted N$5 000 bail.
Lizazi, who is employed at the Katima Mulilo State Hospital, was arrested at a temporary roadblock at Kalumba. Police in Zambezi said this was not the first time that Lizazi was caught transporting illegal game meat in the ambulance.
He faces four charges, which include hunting specially protected game, possession of game meat without a licence, possession of firearms without licences, and corruptly using his office or position for gratification.
The case was postponed to 14 December 2017 for further investigations.
Zambezi regional crime investigations coordinator, Evans Simasiku told The Namibian yesterday that the arrest happened after they received a tip-off from the public about the suspected poaching activity involving the ambulance.
“This is the third time that he has been caught for such an offence. In 2015 he was caught with buffalo meat loaded in the ambulance, and two months ago, he was caught with meat of an impala in his private vehicle,'' Simasiku said.
Source: https://www.namibian.com.na/61597/read/Ambulance-driver-arrested-over-poaching
Chris Lizazi appeared in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, and was granted N$5 000 bail.
Lizazi, who is employed at the Katima Mulilo State Hospital, was arrested at a temporary roadblock at Kalumba. Police in Zambezi said this was not the first time that Lizazi was caught transporting illegal game meat in the ambulance.
He faces four charges, which include hunting specially protected game, possession of game meat without a licence, possession of firearms without licences, and corruptly using his office or position for gratification.
The case was postponed to 14 December 2017 for further investigations.
Zambezi regional crime investigations coordinator, Evans Simasiku told The Namibian yesterday that the arrest happened after they received a tip-off from the public about the suspected poaching activity involving the ambulance.
“This is the third time that he has been caught for such an offence. In 2015 he was caught with buffalo meat loaded in the ambulance, and two months ago, he was caught with meat of an impala in his private vehicle,'' Simasiku said.
Source: https://www.namibian.com.na/61597/read/Ambulance-driver-arrested-over-poaching