Israel’s most-wanted gang leader may be extradited
The State is pushing for the extradition of the man back to his home nation, Israel.
The defence of the 46-year-old man who is allegedly Israel’s most-wanted gang leader, will receive extradition papers in court on November 24.
Senior prosecutor Yusuf Baba explained the man appeared at Randburg Magisrates Court on November 21 for his extradition proceedings.
There are two cases open, one for extradition and the other for him and the seven other accused and their crimes.
The latter case has been postponed to November 28.
The group was arrested at a house in Bryanston, and appeared in court the following day for the extradition process to start.
Also read: Israel’s most-wanted gang leader and seven others arrested in Bryanston
A multi-disciplinary team led by Interpol South Africa, Organised Crime, Detectives, Crime Intelligence and the Special Task Force (STF) led to the arrest of the man allegedly attached to a criminal organisation in Israel called the ‘Abergil Organisation’.The wanted fugitive has been arrested together with seven others at a house in Bryanston on November 17.
The Israeli gang leader has been on Interpol’s Red Notice since 2015. He is a wanted suspect in Israel for conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder.
According to Israeli authorities, the suspect is part of a notorious gang dealing in drug trafficking, extortion and other criminal activities. In 2003 and 2004, this wanted suspect allegedly placed an explosive bomb underneath a vehicle of a man in Israel in two separate incidents. As a result of the first explosion, five people sustained serious injuries but all miraculously survived.
In the second incident, the suspect also attempted to do the same with the same victim, where he placed a bomb on top of a vehicle. In this incident, three people also sustained serious injuries.During an early morning takedown operation, the team pounced on an identified address in Bryanston and found the suspect and seven others, 12 firearms – five assault rifles and seven pistols – 40 000 US dollars, and three suspected stolen motorcycles were seized.
All role players are at the scene where the investigation and search warrant is being executed.
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