Thirteen members of a group of 19 Zimbabweans detained for questioning in Walvis Bay on Friday were released.
The six remaining in custody are in the country illegally.
The people were detained after a police patrol spotted them, dressed in long white gowns, praying around a fire in the dunes on the outskirts of Walvis Bay.
“We came across a vehicle parked along the B4 road between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund during a patrol and followed the footprints leading into the dunes until we discovered the group,” said Sergeant Iileni Shapumba of the Erongo police.
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