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Molibeli sues radio station
MASERU-POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli is claiming M1.5 million in damages from 357 FM radio station and Police Constable Motlatsi Mofokeng.
PC Mofokeng is the spokesman for the Lesotho Police Staff Association (Leposa) which has been embroiled in a fierce fight with Commissioner Molibeli over the running of the police.
In court papers filed on February 12, Commissioner Molibeli says on or about January 13 during a phone-in programme at 357 called “Semphu Se Nkha Kae?” presenter Relebohile Moyeye and PC Mofokeng defamed him by saying he was sitting on an assault case of one Thesele Matela.
This is a case in which Matela was allegedly assaulted at the State House by ’Maesaiah Thabane when she was still the first lady.
A deadly gun culture
MASERU-POLICE say they have sprung into action as criminals seem to be thriving while the rest of the country reels from the troubles of the lockdown.
One of the latest cases is that of former Labour Minister Lebesa Maloi, who lost his vehicle at gunpoint this week.
Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Mpiti Mopeli said robbers hijacked Maloi’s white 4×4 Toyota twin-cab vehicle in Peka, Leribe district, on Tuesday.
He did not provide further details of the case, but said the rising cases were worrying and security forces were on the alert.
S/Superintendent Mpiti Mopeli said the police and the military have been on a joint crusade against crime under Operation Restore Hope, an operation launched in response to the unrelenting wave of crime.
Company petitions High Court over impounded medical cannabis contraband
Pascalinah Kabi
A LOCAL medical cannabis company, Magic Dragon Medical, claims it has asked the High Court to order the release of a consignment of cannabis impounded by the army in Butha-Buthe enroute to South Africa earlier this month.
The army announced that it had seized a contraband of medical cannabis from a 23-year-old man who was allegedly attempting to smuggle it into South Africa. It accused medical cannabis companies of engaging in illicit trade of the product by farming it in Lesotho and smuggling it into South Africa to avoid paying taxes.
MASERU-THREE police stations in Maseru have been forced to shut down after some police officers contracted the deadly virus.Police spokesperson Senior Superinte