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Namibia: One Heist Suspect Charged, ‘Kingpin’ Still At Large

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Original Post Date: 2010-06-09 Time: 09:00:02  Posted By: News Poster

By Denver Kisting

THE alleged kingpin in the largest cash-in-transit-heist in Namibian history, Simson Matias, has in all likelihood fled to Angola.

His colleague, who claimed to have been handcuffed by an armed Matias, has been charged in connection with the disappeared N$6,4 million.

Mathew Munsu Malumbano appeared in the Karibib Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a charge of robbery.

His case was postponed until August 3 for further Police investigation. No bail was granted.

The two men, both aged 28 and security guards employed by G4S, were transporting the money to First National Bank (FNB) and Standard Bank branches at Karibib, Usakos, Arandis, Walvis Bay and Swakopmund last week Tuesday.

Malumbano claimed that between Karibib and Omaruru, Matias had tied him up and thrown him out of the vehicle before hitting the road with what is known to be the country’s largest cash-in-transit loot.

By Wednesday afternoon, Matias had already been spotted near Rundu – about 740 km away. He is originally from there and also has relatives in Angola.

Police spokesman Hophni Hamufungu yesterday told The Namibian that Simson was suspected to have fled to Angola. What contributed to this suspicion, he said, was the fact that about N$116 850 of the money was in US dollars – the preferred currency in Angola.

Malumbano was charged because the investigating officers were convinced that he had played a role in the robbery, Hamufungu said.

It is understood that although Malumbano co-operated with the Police initially, this attitude soon changed.

In a press release issued on Sunday, the National Society for Human Rights called for Malumbano’s immediate release “from unlawful custody” after the security guard had apparently accused the Police of “arbitrary deprivation of liberty”.

Meanwhile, G4S has increased the reward offered from N$30 000 to N$500 000 for “information about the whereabouts of the money and the culprits”.

Original Source: The Namibian (Windhoek)
Original date published: 9 June 2010

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