| Western Cape Police management welcomes lengthy sentences meted to Flakka gang members | |
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| Date Published | |
| 2024/04/14 | |
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Media Statement
WESTERN CAPE - The police management of the Western Cape welcomed the lengthy sentences meted against key figures affiliated to the Flakka-gang who have been terrorising the community of Muizenberg for some time during 2019 when they disrupted them with gang related activities and serious and violent crime which were committed by them. During 2019, detectives attached to the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) registered and launched a major investigation involving the Flakka gang and Jamiel Jacobs AKA Charra who was seen as the lead figure of this criminal entity. The investigation sought to quell the continuous gang violence in the Muizenberg area at the time. This gang group was violent of nature and was shooting and killing several rival gang members randomly and traded in commodities such as drugs and firearms. During 2019 detectives of the AGU traced Jamiel Jacobs to Paarl where he was hiding in a security complex and arrested him. On 12 April 2024, Jamiel Jacobs, and two others were finally convicted and sentenced in the High Court in Cape Town on the following offenses
Jamiel Jacobs was sentenced as follows:
Simone Gordon sentenced as follows :
Dillon Walker sentenced as follows
The provincial commissioner of the Western Cape, Lt Gen Thembisile Patekile had nothing but praise for the diligence and commitment of the investigating officer and those who had assisted him in bringing these key figures in the gang-world to book. He expressed the hope that the lengthy sentence meted against Jacobs will act as a deterrent to those involved In gang activities in this province.
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