Cape Town - Alleged underworld kingpin, Nafiz Modack, along with his wife and other relatives are set to go on trial in the South Gauteng High Court next year, on a range of gun-related charges.
His wife, Rehana Ismail, along with Modack’s co-accused, returned to the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court this week where they were informed the matter was being transferred to the high court.
The charges are linked to an investigation undertaken by slain Anti-Gang Unit detective, Charl Kinnear and his team, which led to Modack’s arrest in June 2020, just months before Kinnear was shot and killed.
At the time, police revealed the couple along with Modack’s younger brother, Yaseen, Ismail’s sister, Roshana, and a long list of police officers, faced charges of fraud, defeating the administration of justice and contravention of the Firearms Control Act on multiple case dockets in Edenvale, Kempton Park and Norwood in the Gauteng province.
It is alleged the suspects had received competency certificates, firearm licenses and temporary authorisation to possess a firearm “in a wrongful manner” after making applications at several cop shops in Cape Town and Gauteng.
Police also nabbed the owners of Acapulco Sports and Guns - Abdullah Mehtar, Mahomed Riaz Moosa, Abdulaliem Ismail, Faried Cassiem, Basheer Syce and Anwar Gallie.
It is understood that during the court appearance on Thursday, Modack was not alongside the rest of the accused in the dock.
The case was postponed to February 28 for a pre-trial conference.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Phindi Mjonondwane, confirmed the appearance and said Modack’s matter has been postponed to January 8 for a bail application. Modack is currently standing trial for the murder of Kinnear and others in the Western Cape High Court.
He is also set to go on trial at the same court in October 2025 where he faces charges linked to a R46 million tax fraud case.