WHAT WAS CHARRA UP TO?

Achmat Gafoor, Shafiek Abrahams, Rashaad Abrahams (commonly known as "Charra") and Nithaam Laher, were arrested on January 13 1998 after a stakeout by a team from the Organised Crime unit.

A police informant, Faizel Williams, had given the police information that led to the stakeout, and the four were caught in the act.

When they were charged, it was alleged that the ‘syndicate’ was involved in 122 housebreakings prior to their arrest.
According to the investigating officer, Anton Van der Poll, the syndicate apparently consisted of about 30 members, including three international members, and is very strong financially.

The value of the goods stolen from these houses exceeded R100-million
This means that the syndicate stole goods with a value of close to R1-million at each house that they burgled.
So, obviously these houses all belonged to very wealthy people.

On top of this, the syndicate was arrested when police acted on information from an informant. I take it this was burglary number 122.

That means that the syndicate burgled 121 houses belonging to very wealthy owners without ever getting caught.
No owners were surprised in their homes, no burglar alarms went off, no neighbors called the police, no one noticed anything suspicious and no armed response companies were alerted.

Since being acquitted in 2004, the syndicate was never again involved in any housebreaking charges.
Until now.

Each and every one of these houses was insured, and it is a common scam to claim for more than what you lost in these instances.

Were the owners of these houses perhaps in on the scam?

Kader Khan
Editor
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