Police said an Eastern Cape taxi boss was arrested in a “high-level operation” executed in East London on Wednesday.
According to major-general Nonkululeko Phokane, the man is “allegedly linked to numerous cases that include taxi-violence related murders and attempted murders and extortion”, among other allegations.
She said the arrest follows a lengthy police investigation led by the specialised team of investigators and operational units.
She said the national taxi violence and extortion task team was established to specifically investigate extortion-related matters and taxi violence incidents in the Eastern Cape.
The arrest of the suspect comes on the heels of the arrest in Midrand of 60-year-old Yakhe Kwinana, reportedly a former SAA board member, who also faces charges of extortion linked to cases in East London.
She appeared in court in Gauteng on Tuesday and will make her next court appearance in East London on Monday.
