Alleged 28s boss Ralph Stanfield and his wife arrested in Cape Town crackdown

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Alleged 28s boss Ralph Stanfield and his wife arrested in Cape Town crackdown
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Gang accused Ralph Stanfield, along with his wife Nicole Johnson, has been arrested in Cape Town. This comes after their names cropped up in an extortion and intimidation spat linked to a city venue that closed temporarily over the saga.

Alleged 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield and his wife Nicole Johnson, whose names recently surfaced in gang and extortion accusations, have been arrested.Nine years ago, they were arrested in an ongoing firearms case involving allegedly corrupt police officers.

Based on information from previous court papers against the accused including the duo, Daily Maverick has established that Stanfield’s age is 44 and Johnson is turning 36 this year. The venue was closed in August following accusations by former co-owner Kagiso Setsetse that Stanfield and Johnson, its general manager, were trying to dominate it.

It was alleged that the cops had fraudulently created firearm licences for suspects, including Stanfield and others, who did not follow the legal procedures entitling them to such documents.A Supreme Court of Appeal judgment, dated December 2019 and relating to the Stanfield matter and the seizure of firearms, hinted at broader suspected South African Police Service involvement.

Back in 2019, residents of Valhalla Park, where 28s gangsters operated, were already complaining about Glomix’s operations relating to a tender.An unrelated Western Cape High Court murder case judgment from the following year, 2020, stated: “The [28s] gang has a number of leaders, including the Stanfield family who control the 28s in the Valhalla Park area.

The Grand Africa Café & Beach previously cropped up in an extortion case based on allegations that a certain group was trying to dominate private security operations in Cape Town and was targeting rivals in the industry.intimidation and extortion to secure a security contractKinnear had been investigating various suspects, including some of his police colleagues and Modack.

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