We told you this morning that Radovan Krejcir and his chequered history had been made into a movie, are we looking at something for the sequel already?

A huge sting operation has resulted in the arrest of a gunman believed to be acting at the behest of Krejcir. The man arrested was on his way to carry out a number of Mob-style hits on witnesses due to testify against the Czech man and three of his associates. This from TimesLive:

The 40-year-old suspected hit man was arrested by police from the Crime Intelligence Unit, National Special Investigation’s Krecjir investigation team and a tactical response team a few days after they received information that the murder of witnesses was being planned.

Police spokesman Brigadier Vish Naidoo said the suspect had been charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

“The suspect is alleged to have been part of an elaborate plot to kill several witnesses who are to testify in the Sam Issa murder trial,” Naidoo said.

Issa was murdered in 2013, with his killers carrying out the hit using AK-47 rifles.

The sting operation had led the man to believe he was meeting someone who would provide him with the means to carry out the hits. Here’s Naidoo once more:

This is a massive breakthrough in this particular case because if this conspiracy had not been uncovered in time, not only would we have struggled to secure a successful prosecution [in the Krejcir case] but, more important, many innocent lives would have been lost.

Well played guys, I’m not sure how much this will do to alleviate fears amongst those due to testify but at least you have taken one more skelm off the streets.

[source:timeslive]