Suspected gang leader and drug kingpin Fadwaan “Vet” Murphy has two weeks to tell authorities just how much cash he has stashed.
It is believed Murphy is worth R53 million, but the Assets Forfeiture Unit (AFU) wants him to give them exact figures by March 17.
Murphy, 43, appeared at the Khayelitsha Priority Commercial Crimes Court on Friday, where prosecutors turned the screws further on him.
He faces 239 charges including racketeering dealing in drugs money laundering and other charges in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.
People who attended court in support of Murphy swore at police.
On March 17 a curator will decide whether to pay Murphy’s lawyers based on his compliance with the disclosure order.
Prosecutors also announced his trial would run from May 8 to June 5.
The State and the AFU want to know how Murphy is able to pay his lawyers.
Murphy, the suspected leader of the Dixie Boys gang, has claimed he is the legal owner of an interior design company.
In December, the AFU raided several of his properties which are in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain Athlone, Grassy Park and Worcester.
They seized R1.7m in assets including 24 luxury motor vehicles, boats and a superbike.
The State estimates Murphy allegedly raked in about R53m in drug deals and other criminal activities in 2016.
A police statement in December referred to him as a “well-known self-proclaimed gang leader”.
Murphy’s co-accused in the case are his ex-wife, Shafieka Murphy, 49, his sister Glenda Bird, 46, homeowner Dominique Davidson and his suspected henchman, Leon Paulsen, 52.
Murphy, who is out on R20 000 bail, is allowed to live at his home, and must report to his local police station daily.
The “intense” investigation against Murphy began in December 2014, when police confiscated R380 000 in cash from his home, and arrested Paulsen.
The breakthrough came in September 2016 at a house in Reindeer Street, Grassy Park, owned by Davidson, where police confiscated drugs and money worth nearly R5m, which included 7 985 packets of tik and 10 400 units of heroin.
In another twist, Shafieka, Murphy’s ex-wife, with whom he has two children, was found at the house with two other women, who have since been released.
According to an affidavit, one woman claimed they were asked to work at the house, and were tasked to weigh, cut, seal and package the tik, earning R200 a day.