Lesotho: Court Tightens Grip On Firearm Exhibits

THE High Court has warned that it will no longer tolerate the disappearance of firearm exhibits from police custody, amid growing concern that such weapons later resurface in the hands of criminals.

Justice Tšeliso Mokoko has ordered the Commissioner of Police, Advocate Borotho Matsoso, to formally notify the court of the date on which recovered firearm exhibits will be destroyed, adding that the court itself will attend and witness the destruction to ensure accountability.

The directive follows…