'Jr' Kalafatis in run-in with cops

The younger brother of the late John Kalafatis was detained and released on Tuesday on charges of assault and malicious damage to property.

According to a source in the Botswana Police Service, Costa Kalafatis was having fun with friends at the 'African Mall' in Extension 4 on September 25 and after taking quite a good number of drinks, they had a quarrel. It is said that they later went to Kalafatis' home whereupon arrival he went inside a house to bring out a firearm. "He fired four shots but nobody was injured," the source said. It is not clear how many people were in his company and the kind of firearm he was using. He went into hiding for days until he surrendered himself to the police on Monday. He was detained and later released.

Police public relations officer, Assistant Commissioner, Christopher Mbulawa, confirmed that police arrested Kalafatis on Monday saying their investigations were continuing.

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