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Alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack is appearing in the Cape Town Magistrate s Court along with two others.
Modack faces an array of charges, including conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, extortion, kidnapping and intimidation.
Security at the court has been beefed up.
The appearance of alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack and two co-accused, Jacques Cronje and Ricardo Morgan, on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, extortion, kidnapping and intimidation got under way in the Cape Town Magistrate s Court on Monday.
Armed police officers clad in bullet-proof vests lined the courtroom.
Even the magistrate was flanked by armed police officers.
The case against alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack and two co-accused, Jacques Cronje and Ricardo Morgan, who were arrested last week, has been postponed until Friday.
Bishop Lavis Magistrate s Court (Jenni Evans, News24)
A member of the police s elite Tactical Response Team was arrested for allegedly giving unsavoury underworld figures information.
The 39-year-old officer was allegedly enticed to pass Anti-Gang Unit operational information on for gratification .
The arrest comes amid the ripples caused by the attempted murder of lawyer William Booth and the assassination of AGU detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear.
The police arrested a Tactical Response Team (TRT) member at the weekend for allegedly passing on operational information to unsavoury underworld figures for gratification.
Police spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said the 39-year-old officer will appear with three other people on charges of corruption in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate s Court in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Nafiz Modack and two others appear in court over attempted hit on William Booth
3 May 2021 3:36 PM
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Alleged crime boss Nafiz Modack and two co-accused are facing charges for their suspected involvement in the botched hit on defence attorney William Booth last year.
Nafiz Modack, Jacques Cronje and Ricardo Morgan, appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate s Court on Monday.
Police Minister Bheki Cele was also in attendance along with heavily armed police officers clad in bulletproof vests.
Modack and his co-accused are facing charges of intimidation, kidnapping, extortion, money laundering and contravention of the Electronic Communication Act.
It s believed that they were involved in the attempted assassination of defence attorney William Booth in April last year.