A Maseru police constable who is on interdiction for murder was on Thursday remanded in custody by the Maseru Magistrate’s Court for a robbery that allegedly occurred during an unauthorised roadblock last year.
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Feb. 5, 2021
NKOATE THAMAE
1 min read
Troublesome cop jailed for robbery
The Maseru Magistrate's Court
A local businessman was robbed of cash worth over M51 000 during that robbery in Ha Foso, Berea on November 13.
PC Mpho Secker who is charged along with Rethabile Nokoane and Neo Moiloa was ordered by the court to remain in custody until after the lockdown period when the court will be able to set a date for their trial.
The three are charged together with a fourth man who is still at large.
Evidence before court shows that Secker, 41, together with Moiloa, 41, Nokoane, 36, and the fourth missing man mounted an unlawful roadblock on November 13 in Ha Foso before robbing of the businessman cash to the value of M51 750.
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Secker’s three co-accused who are civilians are believed to have masqueraded as police officers to mount the roadblock and commit the crime.
Police investigations that followed led to the subsequent arrest of Secker who was already on interdiction after he had been implicated in the 2017 murder of a Mohale’s Hoek man who was gunned down at his home.
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