01 Aug 2017

Police in Jwaneng are appealing to members of the public to assist in arresting two women who recently dumped newborn babies on the streets on different dates.

In an interview, Jwaneng station commander Superintendent Thuso Basuti said in one of the incidents, a passerby found a newborn baby boy wrapped in a refuse bag at Unit 3 next to the Debswana club.

He said the passerby informed the police who rushed him to the Jwaneng Mine hospital where he was certified dead.

He said in another incident, a security officer who was on duty heard a baby crying in the bush at Unit 4 on July 17.

The baby boy was also wrapped in a refuse bag and was treated at the Jwaneng Mine hospital where he is currently admitted.

Supt. Basuti said no arrests had been made in regards to the two incidents and appealed to members of the public to help with information that could assist in locating the two mothers.

In a separate incident, the station commander said a car was broken into on the night of July 21 at Jwaneng Golf club and a laptop and clothes stolen.

He said a 37-year-old Zimbabwean man was arrested in connection with the break-in after a tip-off.

He said the suspect was found in possession of four laptops, including the one stolen in the said car.

He said the man was in police custody helping with investigations as he had also not accounted for the other laptops.

Still in Jwaneng, Supt. Basuti said a 24-year-old man of Moshaweng was helping police with investigations regarding a Toyota Avensis, which was stolen in Jwaneng on July 22.

He said the man was arrested at Kaduwe cattlepost and he led the police to where he dumped the car along the Trans-Kalahari Highway.

He said the vehicle was recovered with some dents. ENDS