Alleged drug kingpin, Fadwaan “Vet” Murphy and six of his co-accused will be heading to trial on 8 October.
The group made their first appearance at the Cape High Court on Friday where they faced pre-trial proceedings in front of Judge Robert Henney.
Murphy, 44, his ex Shafieka Murphy, 49, Dominic Davidson, Leon Paulsen and Desmond Jacobs all face 239 charges for racketeering and money laundering.
The sixth accused is listed as Fadwaan Murphy, which is his business, Ulterior Trading.
Murphy’s sister, Glenda Bird, 46, arrived late for court claiming protests along Voortrekker Road delayed her.
All the accused indicated they would be pleading not guilty.
Murphy was arrested in 2016 and released on
R20 000 bail.
In September 2015 at a house in Reindeer Street, Grassy Park, owned by Davidson, police confiscated R4 million and drugs including 7985 packets of tik, 10 400 units of heroin and sealing machines.
A total of eight cars belonging to Murphy have been seized by the Assets Forfeiture Unit in Worcester, Mitchells Plain and Strand.
Five houses were also seized by the Deeds office last week.
Last year in June, the court found that Ulterior Trading, which was listed as Accused number 6, was not presented correctly and called for amendments.
The High Court ruled Murphy’s assets be unfrozen and returned to him, but he may not trade or sell them in a period of six months.
The AFU has also indicated if a guilty conviction is reached, the moveable assets will be sold.
Murphy tried to have his assets unfrozen on Thursday at the Cape High Court but failed.