The bail conditions of three of the four men arrested in one of the country’s biggest drug busts were amended in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
Scorpions spokesperson Lucinda Moonieya said Stephanos Paparas, his father Dimitrio and Stanley Poonin were only allowed to leave their homes to go to work between 6am and 6pm.
”They are not allowed to go anywhere else,” Moonieya said.
She said the fourth accused, Glenn Agliotti, was not at court on Wednesday as the state had decided to separate the matter.
The three and Agliotti will appear separately at the same court on May 30.
The four are accused of being part of a syndicate that was on the verge of exporting R250-million-worth of drugs to the United States.
The Scorpions arrested Lesley Allan Curtis, Christiaan Alblas, Pedro Marques, Dimitrio Paparas and Stanley Poonin during a raid on a self-storage facility in Alberton on July 7 2006.
Investigators seized hashish and cannabis believed to be destined for the overseas market.
Stephanos Paparas handed himself over to police on July 13. Agliotti was later added to the charge sheet.
Curtis, a Canadian, and South Africans Alblas and Marques were sentenced in the Alberton Magistrate’s Court on July 25 2006 after they turned state witness under a plea agreement.
Agliotti’s appearance for the murder of mining magnate Brett Kebble is scheduled for June 20. — Sapa