Two cellphones were allegedly recently found in the cells of two of the Fishrot accused at the Windhoek Correctional Facility, where they are being held while on trial for corruption and money laundering. Namibian Police Force spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi confirmed the incident on Tuesday. Cases have been opened against two suspects, former Investec Namibia boss James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwatelulo, for allegedly smuggling cellphones into their prison cells at the Windhoek Correctional Facility. The Fishrot accused are former justice minister Sacky Shanghala, former fisheries minister Bernard Esau, James Hatuikulipi, Tamson Hatuikulipi, Ricardo Gustavo, Pius Mwatelulo and Mike Nghipunya. They stand accused of corruption, money laundering and receiving bribes in exchange for giving fishing rights to an Iceland fishing company, Samherji. Commissioner Sam Shaalulange of the Namibian Correctional Service told Nampa on Tuesday a search was conducted in the cells where the Fishrot accused are being held and one of them was found in possession of a cellphone, while the other cellphone was found in a drain. “We suspected it was thrown in there and the closed-circuit television camera showed who the other person was that had the phone,” he said. Shaalulange said he could not reveal the names as the matter is still under investigation. He said the search took place after a Twitter account using the name of one of the accused, Mike Nghipunya, was found to be active. When the matter was investigated further it was, however, found to be someone else using Nghipunya’s name and image. A tweet was, in fact, posted from the same account while Nghipunya was being interviewed by prison officials. “What I know so far is that there was a report received that one of our inmates is tweeting and that the person was Mike Nghipunya. We then conducted a search. It was however not Nghipunya who was found with the cellphone, but two other inmates. In fact, it was only one who was found with a phone, the other phone was found in the drain where it was disposed of by the other person,” said Shaalulange. -NAMPA