The Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court has dismissed a discharge application brought by the suspended NamDia employee Charles Rhoman. 

Rhoman's legal representative, Theo Carolus, applied for the release of his client following an arrest during the early hours of Wednesday. 

He argued the warrant of arrest issued against his client lacks essential information as required in the Criminal Procedure Act. 

Equally, Carolus submitted that the warrant of search and seizure that resulted in his client's two cellphones being confiscated was defective. 

State Prosecutor Riwayn Doeseb opposed the application, submitting that both the warrant executions were lawful. 

In his ruling, Magistrate Mulonda Masuku did not address the validity of either the warrant of arrest or the warrant authorisation of the seizure of property. 

He noted the state raised the element of jurisdiction when it applied that the case be transferred to Bethanie Magistrates' Court, as the offences were committed within the Bethanie district. 

Masuku ruled that the Keetmanshoop Magistrates' Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the matter and accordingly transferred the case to the Bethanie Magistrates' Court. 

Rhoman is set to appear in the Bethanie Magistrates' Court on charges of defeating the end of justice and contravening the Prevention of Organised Crime Act on 26 January 2026. 
It is alleged that Rhoman assisted in relocating livestock from one farm to another and sold some on the instruction of a money laundering suspect, George Cloete.