An Okahandja man accused in a major cannabis case has been granted bail by the High Court. Johannes Kamati, aged sixty-one, was released on a fifty-thousand-dollar bond after appealing a lower court's denial. He faces charges for dealing nearly fifty-eight kilograms of marijuana, worth close to three million Namibian dollars, and money laundering.
Kamati is the third person charged in a broader case involving a large plantation discovered at a Hochfeld farm in May. He claims he was unknowingly transporting boxes he believed contained meat for his employer, one of the co-accused. The acting judge noted the seriousness of the charges but stated the state failed to prove he was a flight risk or would interfere with the investigation, upholding his right to liberty before trial. Conditions of his bail forbid contact with state witnesses.
Kamati is the third person charged in a broader case involving a large plantation discovered at a Hochfeld farm in May. He claims he was unknowingly transporting boxes he believed contained meat for his employer, one of the co-accused. The acting judge noted the seriousness of the charges but stated the state failed to prove he was a flight risk or would interfere with the investigation, upholding his right to liberty before trial. Conditions of his bail forbid contact with state witnesses.
