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The man who allegedly “ping” the phone of the commander of the Anti-Gang Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear more than 2,000 times, was questioned by a team of detectives in Johannesburg earlier this week.
According to a source, a 39-year-old man from Springs, on Gauteng’s East Rand, is also believed to have traced the phones of Cape Town attorney William Booth, who was the target of a shooting in Higovale on April 9.
He was also allegedly pinging the phones of another high-ranking member of the Anti-Gang Unit and an underworld boss who is a rival to another supposed underworld leader, Nafiz Modack.
In March, Modack endorsed the man’s services on his Facebook page, saying “all Johannesburg debt collections” had to go through him.
The man cannot be named until he appears in court.
When contacted by TimesLIVE Wednesday night, Hawks spokesman Brig Hangwani Mulaudzi did not confirm or deny any arrests related to the case.
“We are treating this matter with the sensitivity it deserves. We will formally announce any developments at the appropriate time,” he said by text message.
Kinnear was shot while waiting for his son in his car outside his home in Bishop Lavis on Friday.
He was a chief detective for a team from the Anti-Gang Unit and was working on several high-level cases.
Most recently, Kinnear was part of the large-scale Central Firearms Registry investigation, where alleged corruption in various police stations across the country apparently helped high-profile gang leaders procure firearms for themselves and their circle. spread of friends, family and bodyguards.
