Israel’s ‘most wanted gang leader’ arrested with seven others in SA

Interpol

Cape Town – A 46-year-old alleged Israeli gang leader who has been on Interpol’s Red Notice since 2015 was arrested on Thursday morning in Bryanston, Johannesburg.

The alleged gang leader is attached to a criminal organisation in Israel called the “Abergil Organisation”.

He was arrested during a raid conducted by a multidisciplinary team led by Interpol South Africa, police crime unit, crime intelligence and the special task force on the upmarket property in Bryanston, police said in a statement.

The wanted fugitive was arrested along with seven others who were at the house, said police spokesperson Colonel Athlenda Mathe.

Mathe said the man 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, the wanted suspect allegedly placed bombs under 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,”said Mathe.

She said in the second incident, the suspect placed a bomb on top of the same victim’s vehicle. In this incident, three people 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 including five assault rifles and seven pistols and $40 000.

“Three suspected stolen motorcycles were also seized,” she said.

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