Lesotho's minister of police and public safety, Lehlohonolo Moramotse, is under investigation after a video showing him buying alcohol and flouting lockdown regulations went viral, a police source said. Lesotho has prohibited the sale and purchase of alcohol during a 24-day nationwide lockdown, which began on March 29, to fight the coronavirus pandemic. But a CCTV camera monitoring a liquor warehouse showed the police minister collecting boxes of alcohol and loading them into the boot of a silver SUV car. "Police are investigating this matter," a senior police source told AFP. "Investigations are at a very advanced stage." But police spokesman Mpiti Mopeli said he was unaware of any investigations. Although Lesotho is the only southern African nation that has not recorded a coronavirus case, authorities ordered the lockdown amid fears that the virus could be imported from South Africa, which completely surrounds the kingdom. South Africa has recorded 1,845 coronavirus cases. str/mgu/sn/gd