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    September 09 2004 at 11:07AM Get IOL on your
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By Anil Singh and Sapa

Hours after the withdrawal of charges against Gauteng businessman Johan Meyer for contravening laws governing weapons of mass destruction and nuclear energy, Durban police swooped on a luxury penthouse on the beachfront and arrested a German-born engineer on similar charges.

Police then chartered a special flight to whisk him to Johannesburg on Wednesday night.

The 65-year-old engineer is also facing similar charges in Germany and was arrested a forthnight ago.

'I expect my client to make a court appearance later in the day'
While Durban detectives were making the arrest on the beachfront, detectives arrested another suspect in Sandton.
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Spokesperson for the police national commissioner Director Sally de Beer on Thursday confirmed the arrests.

The two men are expected to appear in the Vanderbijlpark magistrate's court on Thursday.

De Beer said she had very few details as the arrests were made late on Thursday night. Police would not release any further information due to the sensitive nature of the investigations. "At this stage we cannot rule out further arrests," said De Beer.

However, the Daily News can reveal that a team of senior detectives arrested the man on the 34th floor of the luxury Maluti flats on Durban's beachfront. The man was driven to Durban International Airport and flown to Johannesburg.

'The State informed me that charges were being withdrawn'
It is believed that the engineer arrived in Durban last week - soon after the arrest of Meyer on Thursday.

While, detectives were searching the Durban flat, the German engineer opted to remain silent and called his lawyer Advocate Anand Choudree.

Choudree confirmed on Thursday that he had been briefed by his client and that they would be defending the charges.

"I am on my way to Johannesburg at the moment and I expect my client to make a court appearance later in the day," said Choudree.


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