Nightclub owner takes police to court

Venolia Shahanaz Sobhan is also seeking the court's intervention in the return of stock and other items confiscated by the police. The police allegedly confiscated beverages, two refrigerators and music equipment from a Gabane restaurant owned by Sobhan.

The applicant, who is represented by Gaborone lawyer Thamasanqa Silitshena, also wants the police to be restrained from entering their business premises during the stipulated operating hours.  In his founding affidavit, one of the directors of the business, Mohammed Sobhan said sometime in 2006, his wife started operating a nightclub in Gabane.