Alleged drug kingpin, Fadwaan “Vet” Murphy and six of his co-accused may enter into a plea agreement with the State.
This was revealed on Monday at the Western Cape High Court where Murphy, 44, his ex-wife and mother of his two children Shafieka Murphy, 49, his sister Glenda Bird, 56, as well as Dominic Davidson, Leon Paulsen and Desmond Jacobs are facing a total of 239 charges relating to racketeering, money laundering and gangsterism.
The sixth accused is listed as Fadwaan Murphy, relating to his business, Ulterior Trading.
The court heard a possible plea agreement was on the table.
The matter was then postponed to Wednesday, 10 October, for further investigation.
In August, the group’s legal teams indicated all would be pleading not guilty to the charges.
Murphy was arrested in 2016 and was released on R20 000 bail.
In September 2015, at a house in Reindeer Street, Grassy Park, owned by Davidson, police confiscated drugs and money worth R4 million which included 7985 packets of tik, 10 400 units of heroin and sealing machines.
The Assets Forfeiture Unit also confiscated eight vehicles in Worcester and Strand belonging to Murphy.
One of the cars, a VW Jetta, is registered on Shafieka’s name.
Five houses were also seized by the deeds office.
However, last year the Cape High Court ruled some of Murphy’s assets be unfrozen and returned to him but that he may not trade or sell them in a period of six months.
The AFU said if Murphy is convicted, the moveable assets will be sold.