Nafiz Modack alleged to be part of group arrested by task team for murder, extortion
It has been alleged that controversial businessman and alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack has been arrested on Thursday.
CAPE TOWN, April 29 (ANA) – It is rumoured that controversial businessman and alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack has been arrested on Thursday.
In a statement released by the national spokesperson for the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Colonel Katlego Mogale said four suspects aged between 29 and 49 were arrested after the National task Team executed warrants of arrests in the Western Cape.
Media reports claim Modack was one of the four arrested, however, Mogale said the names of the accused will only be released once the group has appeared in court.
She said the arrests followed cases of attempted murder of an advocate, the murder of a police officer, gang related extortion, kidnapping and intimidation in the Milnerton area.
The murder of the police officer pertains to top cop detective from the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear who was gunned down in front of his Bishop Lavis home last year.
One person has since been arrested for Kinnear’s death.
Zane Killian from Springs in Gauteng, a former professional rugby player turned debt collector, has been charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and the unlawful interception of communications.
Mogale said the suspects were noticed by the task team in Century View and when they noticed officers on the pry they accelerated, one of the vehicles missing one of its members.
She said a high speed chase ensued but the suspects were cornered on Sable Road and arrested.
During the arrest, two vehicles were searched and in one of the vehicles, a Mercedes Benz, two occupants were found in possession of two unlicensed firearms.
A search in the second vehicle, a Toyota Hilux, resulted in the confiscation of another unlicensed firearm.
Police minister Bheki Cele has welcomed the arrests saying it is a breakthrough that has to be congratulated because they have always maintained the murder of Kinnear is ‘no random act’, but rather a ‘callous part of a conspiracy’.
Cele says more arrests are to follow.
The four suspects under arrest are expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
– African News Agency (ANA); Ediying by Naomi Mackay
