By Everson Luhanga
A multi-disciplinary team led by Interpol South Africa has arrested a 46-year-old Israeli gang leader attached to a criminal organisation in Israel known as the “Abergil Organisation”.
National police spokesperson, Colonel Athlenda Mathe, said the wanted fugitive was arrested together with seven others at a house in Bryanston, Gauteng, on Thursday morning.
“According to Israeli authorities, the suspect is a member of a notorious gang dealing in drug trafficking, extortion, and other criminal activities,” said Mathe.
In 2003 and 2004, the unnamed suspect allegedly placed bombs underneath vehicles in Israel in two separate incidents involving the same target. As a result of the first explosion, five people sustained serious injuries.
“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,” she said.
“In the second incident, the suspect placed a bomb on top of a vehicle. In this incident, three people also sustained serious injuries.”
The team which arrested the fugitive consisted of the Organised Crime Unit, detectives, crime Intelligence, and the Special Task Force (STF).
Mathe said during an early morning takedown operation, the team pounced on an identified address in Bryanston and found the suspect and seven others. They also seized 12 firearms, including five assault rifles and seven pistols, US$40,000 and three suspected stolen motorcycles.
Pictured above: An Israeli fugitive was arrested in Gauteng on Thursday morning
Source: SAPS
