Firearms dealer from Durban suspected of arming Western Cape gangs
By Robin-Lee Francke
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Cape Town - The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation’s (Hawks) National Bureau for Illegal Firearms Control and Priority Violent Crime (NBIFCPVC) from Cape Town, alongside a special task force in Durban, Crime Intelligence and metro police, arrested a firearms dealer on Friday for allegedly supplying firearms to gangs in Cape Town.
In a statement, Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said the 41-year-old gun shop owner was linked to the supplying of firearms through a separate investigation and faces a range of charges.
“The Durban-based firearms dealer was allegedly linked to an illegal supply of firearms through his dealership to criminal gangs in the Western Cape.
Eight men linked to murder of âsteroid kingâ arrested and granted R5 000 bail
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Cape Town â The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has managed to arrest a further eight people, alleged to be part of the 27s gang, in connection with the murder of âsteroid kingâ Brian Wainstein.
This brings the number of suspects in this matter to 16.
In a statement, Hawks spokesperson Katlego Mogale said the eight men were arrested on Wednesday morning, while five others were arrested on Tuesday.
Mogale said the arrest included a Sea Point police officer.
Wainstein was murdered at his Constantia, Cape Town, home in August 2017 while asleep next to his child and spouse.
Disgruntled criminal lawyers said the speed at which the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) dealt with the bail applications of alleged underworld trio, Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, Mark Lifman, 56, and Willem Stevens, 66, and who were subsequently released on bail of R100,000, has set a dangerous precedent.
The men were arrested on 22 December 2020 on charges of murder and conspiracy to murder and released on bail within hours. Booysen and Stevens face an additional charge of money laundering.
Alleged Sexy Boys gang boss Jerome Booysen was arrested on Tuesday 22 December 2020 on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, and of money laundering. He was released the same day in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on R100,000 bail. (Photo: Supplied)