The Namibian

3 accused of stealing three sable antelopes
By: WERNER MENGES

AN Otjiwarongo area farmer and two co-accused remain in custody after making a first court appearance yesterday on charges stemming from allegations that they stole three sable antelope from the Waterberg Plateau Park.
Farmer Hans Erno Diekmann (51), Herbert Wolfgang Henle (47) and Jurgen Richard Benz (35) appeared before Magistrate Stanley Tembwe in the Otjiwarongo Magistrate’s Court on charges of theft, hunting of protected game, and transporting game without a permit.
Their case was postponed to November 2, and it was ordered that they would remain in custody in the meantime.
According to the Regional Commander of the Namibian Police in the Otjozondjupa Region, Deputy Commissioner Joseph Anghuwo, the three men were arrested during the midnight hours between Friday and Saturday this past weekend.
Anghuwo said the Police had received information that they were planning to transport three sable antelope that had escaped from Waterberg Plateau Park.
Anghuwo said nature conservation officials helped set up a roadblock, but the arrests were made at Diekmann’s farm. He said the prized animals were found on the farm where they had been loaded onto a truck.
The three men are also alleged to have used a helicopter as part of the transport operation, Anghuwo said.