{"id":49367,"date":"2013-11-26T16:13:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T14:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/49367\/two-hawks-members-arrested-krejcir-connection-alleged\/"},"modified":"2013-11-26T16:13:31","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T14:13:31","slug":"two-hawks-members-arrested-krejcir-connection-alleged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2013\/11\/26\/two-hawks-members-arrested-krejcir-connection-alleged\/","title":{"rendered":"Krejcir allegedly connected to two arrested Hawks members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the arrest of Radovan Krejcir and his alleged accomplice, identified as Desai Lupondo, the SAPS today, (Tuesday, November 26) also arrested two policemen linked to the same charges.<\/p>\n<p>Krejcir and Lupondo were arrested on Friday, November 22, in Bedfordview.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222805\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2013\/11\/Tweet2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222805\" alt=\"SAPS confirms Krejcir's arrest.\" src=\"https:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2013\/11\/Tweet2.jpg\" width=\"631\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAPS confirms Krejcir&#8217;s arrest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cToday, just after 8am, the SAPS arrested a 41-year-old Warrant Officer at the Germiston Organised Crime Unit in connection with Krejcir&#8217;s case of alleged kidnapping and intent to commit grievous bodily harm. The officer is a member of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation at the Hawks,\u201d said Lieutenant General Solomon Makgale for the Gauteng SAPS.<\/p>\n<p>The second officer arrested is a 46-year-old Warrant Officer in the Hawks.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested just after 1pm, also in connection with Krejcir\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>Both Hawks members report to Colonel Frans Steyn of the Organised Crime Unit.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmw_\">\u201cWe cannot name any suspect before he appears in court<span class=\"gmw_\">but more arrests are expected,\u201d said <span class=\"gm_ gm_295dc80d-101c-7398-ca86-9b208ce50f1f gm-spell\">Lt<\/span> Gen Makgale.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The South Gauteng High Court granted Krejcir an order on Monday to be moved to a private hospital, after the court heard that failure to do so could lead to organ failure and cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Krejcir\u2019s arrest comes as he fights battles on a number of fronts.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmw_\">The SAPS are investigating him, SARS has placed his assets under its controland public outcry for his deportation is growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Four of Krejcir&#8217;s associates have been killed in October and November.<\/p>\n<p>Veselin Laganin and Sam Issa were killed in two separate incidents in October and November, while Ronny Bvuma and Jan Charvat were killed when a bomb exploded at Krejcir\u2019s Money Point business on November 12.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_222300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222300\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2013\/11\/bom7_594449217.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222300\" alt=\"An explosion at Radovan Krejcir's business in Bedfordview resulted in the death of Ronny Bvuma and Jan Charvat.\" src=\"https:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2013\/11\/bom7_594449217.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An explosion at Radovan Krejcir&#8217;s business in Bedfordview resulted in the death of Ronny Bvuma and Jan Charvat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='7dc848b74949f222796c8e80f5564d2b'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAPS have arrested two policemen on Tuesday, November 22  in connection with Krejcir&#8217;s case of alleged kidnapping and intent to commit grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1039,"featured_media":49368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Kgomotso Nkabinde","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7,2],"tags":[1008,2171,998],"class_list":["post-49367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-court","tag-radovan-krejcir","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["court","radovan krejcir","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}