The revelations were made by the aide, Thabani Mpofu, on Monday at the Harare Magistrates Court while presenting his evidence.
Mpofu is facing charges of contravening Section 4 (1) of the Firearms Act for allegedly failing to renew a firearm certificate.
He also faces a charge of contravening Section 28 (2) of the Firearms Act as well for allegedly keeping a firearm in a non-secure place.
It is alleged during a search of his premises on 17 March this year that police officers confiscated a firearm hidden under a pile of clothes at his home.
Mpofu allegedly failed to produce a certificate for the firearm upon request by the police.
Mpofu said that on 17 March this year, police details, led by Superintendent Luxon Mukazhi came to his Borrowdale home and told him they were looking for a camera which he allegedly used to take pictures of government buildings and officials.
“Once inside, Mukazhi changed his attitude and became hostile. He asked me to lead the police officers to the bedroom. The police officers then barged into the bathroom where my wife was using the loo. It was very embarrassing and I felt so embarrassed,” said Mpofu.
He added that his wife demanded a search warrant from the police officers but in vain.
After the arrival of Mpofu’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, the police were still reluctant to produce the search warrant.
“When I asked Mukazhi later on about why he had refused to show Beatrice Mtetwa the search warrant, he told me that she was arrogant, saying he would show her the search warrant later,” said Mpofu.
He added that Mukazhi misled the State by stating that the firearm in question was being kept in an unsecure place.
The trial was postponed to 12 June to allow the defense counsel to have access to documents seized by police during their search at Mpofu’s residence as well as for the accused to prepare his witnesses.
Mpofu is involved in another case together with Felix Matsinde, Warship Dumba and Mehluli Moyo under which they are facing charges of impersonating a police officer, contravening the Official Secrets Act and being in possession of articles for criminal use.
It is alleged Mpofu and his colleagues were in possession of dockets that they were privately compiling to discredit the judicial system and had names of top government officials.
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No one is surprised by the police intrusion into people’s privacy. These are Mugabe’s militia masquerading as a national police force. They are thugs.
No one is surprised by the police intrusion into people’s privacy. These are Mugabe’s militia masquerading as a national police force. They are thugs.
No one is surprised by the police intrusion into people’s privacy. These are Mugabe’s militia masquerading as a national police force. They are thugs.