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The charges involve an alleged hand grenade murder attempt and conspiring to kill a lawyer.
Security is expected to be tight, as an Anti-Gang Unit member has also been drawn into the case.
The Blue Downs Regional Court will hear a bail application on Friday involving controversial businessman Nafiz Modack and several other co-accused.
Modack, an alleged underworld kingpin, faces a raft of charges, including alleged gang activity, being part of a hand grenade plot against slain Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) detective Charl Kinnear, and a shooting at the home of Cape Town lawyer, William Booth.
For security purposes, Modack and his co-accused were moved for one consolidated bail application.
They appeared under heavy security provided by the AGU.
AGU head Major-General Andre Lincoln sat in the public gallery to observe at the end of a dramatic week packed with appearances by Modack, regarded by some as a gang kingpin .
Accused Jacques Cronje leaving court on Friday.
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Zane Kilian appears at Cape Town Magistrate s Court on Friday.
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Nafiz Modack appears at Cape Town Magistrate.
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One of Lincoln s officers, Ashley Tabisher, is a co-accused in a corruption case with Modack and Elsie s River mom Amaal Jantjies involving an alleged R10 000 and a cellphone in exchange for telling Modack when the police were going to raid his house.
Nafiz Modack expected back in court again, this time alongside cop
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Criminal charges are racking up against alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack, after he made an appearance in the Cape Town Magistrateâs Court on Monday.
Modack, who was arrested last week after a high-speed chase near Century City, is expected to appear again in the Bishop Lavis Magistrateâs Court on Tuesday morning with a police officer as a co-accused in a separate case, said National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila.
According to Hawks spokesperson Katlego Mogale, a 39-year-old police member attached to the tactical response team was arrested during the weekend on âsuspicion of proliferation of information to unsavoury characters operating in the Western Cape underworldâ.
Police Minister Bheki Cele sat in court along with the police s top brass.
Modack s supporters stood outside the court and called out to him as he left.
As an armoured vehicle whisked businessman and philanthropist Nafiz Modack away from the Cape Town Magistrate s Court on Monday, some of his supporters called out: We love you Nafiz!
Modack is known as someone who provides meals for impoverished families in some Cape Town suburbs.
He appeared in the dock along with his co-accused, Jacques Cronje and Ricardo Morgan, while police officers lined the walls of the courtroom, bearing rifles and wearing bullet-proof vests.