COPS yesterday announced that they have busted a Delft extortion gang leader.
According to Captain FC van Wyk, the 33-year-old man handed himself over after work done by a multidisciplinary task team to address gang and extortion related crime.
Five cellular telephones were seized at his residential address Harrier Street, The Hague, Delft, and were handed in as exhibits and further processing.
He is charged, for POCA Section 9, three murder cases, a triple murder, dealing in drugs, two extortion cases and intimidation
Members attached to Delft SAPS visible policing and detectives, Crime Intelligence, Tactical Response Team, Crime Combatting Unit, Local Criminal Record Centre and Crime Information Management Analysis Centre arrested five suspects aged between 30 and 35 on charges of murder and extortion last Friday.
These suspects were traced and arrested for their involvement for incidents of gangsterism and extortion in the Delft policing area.
Two of these skelms were already in the mang for prior crimes and were set to appear in Bellville Magistrates Court yesterday
One 33-year-old male was requisitioned from Goodwood prison. He was in custody prior to the takedown on another matter (murder case registered in Elsies Rivier July 2024). He is charged, for POCA Section 9 and murder.
Another suspect, a 35-year-old male was also requisitioned from Goodwood prison. He is in custody on another matter prior to takedown operation. He is charged for POCA and a triple murder case.
All the suspects were brought before court and their cases were centralised for investigation purposes and their cases were postponed until 27 March 2025 for formal bail application.