March, 2026
Smokkelaar kry drie jaar in die tronk
Staat vat dwelm-voertuig
IN DIE HOF: Die Kaapstadse Hooggeregshof het ‘n finale batebeslagleggingsbevel aan die Valke en die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se batebeslagleggingseenheid toegestaan vir ‘n voertuig wat gebruik is om dwelms te vervoer.
Volgens ‘n mediaverklaring deur die Direktoraat vir Prioriteitsmisdaadondersoek (beter bekend as die Valke) het die voorval waarin die bestuurder met dwelms gevang is, presies11 jaar gelede, op 16 Maart 2015, plaasgevind.
Die hofbevel is op 19 Februarie 2026 uitgereik en op 16 Maart 2026 aan die Valke oorhandig.
Volgens die Valke het die SA Narkotika-buro (SANAB) saam met die Paarl K9-eenheid opgetree nadat daar inligting ontvang is van ‘n voertuig wat dwelms vanaf Gauteng na Kaapstad vervoer. Die voertuig is by die Huguenot Plaza afgetrek en deursoek.
Meer as 100 Mandrax- en 10 000 ecstasy-tablette, ter waarde van meer as R6,4 miljoen, is in die voertuig, ‘n Isuzu-bakkie met versteekte kompartemente, gevind. Die bestuurder, Ruben Naicker, is in hegtenis geneem vir dwelmhandel.
Hy is op 4 Februarie 2025 tot drie jaar direkte gevangenisstraf gevonnis nadat hy ‘n pleitooreenkoms met die staat aangegaan het.
State to sell dealer's bakkie
Drug vehicle seized
IN COURT: The Cape Town High Court has granted the Hawks’ Priority Crime Specialised Investigation team (PCSI) in collaboration with National Prosecuting Authority’s Assets Forfeiture Unit a final asset forfeiture order for a vehicle used to transport drugs.
According to a media statement by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (also known as the Hawks) the incident in which the driver was caught happened exactly 11 years ago on 16 March 2015.
The court order was issued on 19 February 2026 and delivered to the Hawks on 16 March 2026.
According to the Hawks the SA Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) together with the Paarl K9 unit acted on information about a vehicle that was transporting drugs from Gauteng to Cape Town. The vehicle was spotted at the Huguenot Plaza, pulled over and searched.
More than 100 mandrax tablets and 10 000 ecstasy tablets, worth over R6,4-million were found inside the vehicle, an Isuzu Bakkie fitted with hidden compartments.
The driver, Ruben Naicker, was arrested for dealing in narcotics. He was sentenced on 4 February 2025 to three years direct imprisonment after entering into plea bargain with the state.