P50,000 Found Inside Maele's Dustbin

The corruption-bursting agency, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has uncovered P50,000 cash at a house belonging to the Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services, Prince Maele, on Saturday morning.

After days of what appeared like a covert operation that saw DCEC agents camping out at Maele’s Block 6 house in Gaborone, the minister had to be taken in to explain the large sums of money dug from his yard.

Neighbours at Block 6 reported that they started noticing suspicious ‘DIS agents’ vehicles swarming the neighbourhood since mid last week.

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