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A sizeable bust on a fishing vessel off the coast of Saldanha last year – some estimates put the value of the seized cocaine at upwards of R580 million – is the starting point for Cape of Cocaine, a podcast from TimesLIVE.

Dodgy dealers harassing tourists on Long Street is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the organised crime syndicates that transport cocaine to the Cape and across South Africa.

The rise to power of Asen Ivanov, the Bulgarian mafia’s alleged “fixer”, was documented last week.

This week, the focus is on a notorious double murder back in February of 2018:

…assassins murdered Bulgarian couple Angelo Dimov and Nessie Peeva in their home in the Cape Town suburb of Bergvliet.

There was more to Dimov and Peeva than their friends in the city’s southern suburbs knew. It was not a house burglary gone wrong; it was allegedly a hit ordered by a British cocaine dealer who felt he had been double-crossed…

The murders of the couple remain unsolved — but a burglary, a kidnapping and a pile of diamonds give clues as to what may have led to their deaths.

Dimov was believed to be a member of the Bulgarian mafia.

The podcast looks at details about Dimov and Peeva’s murders, as well as details of how they helped Ivanov rise to power.

You can subscribe to the podcast for free and get notifications for each new episode via multiple platforms: iono.fm | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Player.fm.

[source:timeslive]