Interpol arrests fugitive Israeli ‘gang leader’ in Bryanston
Interpol South Africa together with the Special Task Force have arrested an Israeli fugitive who has been in hiding for the past 19 years.
The 46-year-old Israeli gang leader was arrested at a safe house in Bryanston, north of Johannesburg on Thursday morning.
The leader of the ‘Abergil Organisation’ has been on Interpol's red notice since 2015.
He was arrested together with seven others.
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the suspect is wanted 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."
Mathe says twelve firearms, $40 000, and three suspected stolen motorcycles were seized.
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