Cop takes duties too far

A POLICEMAN went on the rampage at the weekend, firing several shots with an AK-47 into a car that had been impounded.

It all started when a Unam student filled his car with N$70 of petrol at a Otjiwarongo filling station and made off without paying for the fuel. The Otjiwarongo Police put the Police at Oshivelo on alert to apprehend the man.The suspect was arrested there and his car impounded when the Otjiwarongo Policeman arrived.He promptly forced the suspect into his Police car, and opened fire on the impounded car.Chief Inspector Hieronymous Goraseb said the officer would be charged with malicious damage to property while the suspect would be charged with theft.The Otjiwarongo Police put the Police at Oshivelo on alert to apprehend the man.The suspect was arrested there and his car impounded when the Otjiwarongo Policeman arrived.He promptly forced the suspect into his Police car, and opened fire on the impounded car.Chief Inspector Hieronymous Goraseb said the officer would be charged with malicious damage to property while the suspect would be charged with theft.