’Alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack claims he will reveal the identity of the mysterious “Mr X”, believed to be behind the murder of Anti-Gang Unit commander, Lieutenent-Colonel Charl Kinnear.
Speaking from Drakenstein Prison, he telephoned the Daily Voice to insist he is being framed.
Modack, 40, was arrested nearly three months ago at Century City after a dramatic chase.
He is accused of running the “Nafiz Modack Enterprise” and along with Zane Kilian, Jacques Cronje, Ricardo Morgan and Ashley Tabisher, faces charges including extortion, racketeering, the attempted murder of lawyer William Booth and the assassination of Kinnear last September.
The state has opposed the bail of all the accused with the exception of Morgan who was released on R50 000 bail.
Modack’s first appearance at the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court was attended by Police Minister Bheki Cele and senior cops.
He says police are targeting him after he was acquitted of extortion charges in a trial involving security at The Grand Beach and Cafe in 2017.
“This case is just like that case. They set me up, took me to court and I was acquitted because it was proven that the police colluded with the witnesses.
“Now they are framing me again and I am frustrated with the delays but I am ready to fight them,” Modack says.
He says he is kwaad after being fingered as Mr X who, according to the state, paid Kilian to track Kinnear’s cellphone.
Kilian, meanwhile, claims he was contacted by a “Mr Mohammed” who had asked him to ping his jolling wife.
“I am not Mr X and I have evidence of who the real Mr Mohammed is,” says Modack.
“He was Kinnear’s informant and I have saved the evidence and will show it at court to show that this is all a set-up.
“They are unlawfully prosecuting me because I was granted a court date at the Western Cape High Court to stop the Hawks from harassing me at my house in Plattekloof.
“The day after the order was granted, they came to arrest me in Century City.”
According to court documents seen by Daily Voice, the order was granted on 28 April where Cele along with the provincial police commissioner and three investigating officers were informed that Modack’s case would be heard on 3 June.
He says he thought his arrest was an attempted hit on his life.
“Just about two weeks before I was arrested, it came out that [Mark] Lifman had a plan to kill me so obviously I thought it was a hit.”
Modack says the truth will be revealed in time.
“Their own investigators have shown that the state prosecutor was at the AGU [Anti-Gang-Unit] base speaking with Jannick [Adonis].
“They spoke about a plan to set me up with that grenade thing.”