Suliman Carrim remains in custody until 16 November following his appearance in the Musina Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 9 November, in a case involving alleged cross-border vehicle smuggling.
He denied involvement in the alleged plan through an affidavit presented to the court, according to eNCA’s report of the proceedings.
The prosecution, which is opposing bail, alleges that Carrim instructed two employees to take vehicles into Malawi without the bank’s clearance. That is the State’s allegation, not a finding by the court.
The report says prosecutors relied on WhatsApp communications and alleged payments for the co-accused’s accommodation, while Carrim sought to distance himself from them.
The reported custody remand does not establish a conviction. Nor should the prosecution’s opposition to bail be read as a final court decision refusing his application.
Read the original court report.
Contextual motoring archive: an N10 road sign in the Northern Cape on 14 September 2009, not Musina, the border crossing or a vehicle involved in the case. Photo: NJR ZA / Wikimedia Commons. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Africa-N10-001_(cropped).jpg . Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ . Source cropped by Waddie96 in 2018; further cropped and resized for display. Display adaptations are licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
