Police have arrested a 46-yer-old Israeli fugitive, Israel’s most wanted gang leader and seven others at a house in Bryanston, north of Johannesburg.
It is understood the suspects were handcuffed during a multidisciplinary team led by Interpol South Africa, Organised Crime, National Crime Intelligence and the Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday.
Police spokesperson Colonel Athlenda Mathe the Israeli national was on Interpol’s Red Notice from 2015.
Most wanted
“He is a wanted suspect in Israel for conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder.”
“According to Israeli authorities, between 2003 and 2004, the suspect placed an explosive bomb underneath a vehicle of a man in Israel in two separate incidents. As a result of the explosion, five people sustained serious injuries but all miraculously survived,” Mathe said.
Bomb attack
Mtahe added that in another incident, the suspect also attempted replicated his actions with the victim, where he placed a bomb on top of a vehicle.
“In this crime incident, three people also sustained serious injuries.”
“During an early morning take down operation, the team pounced on an identified address in Bryanston and found the suspect and six others, 12 firearms including 5 x assault rifles and 7 x pistols, 40 000 US Dollars, 3 suspected stolen motorcycles were seized, Mathe said.
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