any interested parties to the property described above

                                       NATIONAL / NASIONAAL
                                                                                             Case No: 1918/2025
                                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
                                      (LIMPOPO LOCAL DIVISION, POLOKWANE)
              POLOKWANE, 2025-02-25, Before the Honourable: ACTING JUDGE MASHAMBA,in Chambers
         In the ex parte application of: THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, Applicant
  In re: a) a load of chrome found in the white Hino tipper truck with registration number DWX101L held at Apel
  police pound under case docket Apel CAS 186/05/2024 with reference Apel SAP13/230/2024, a load of chrome
  found in the trailer with registration number HSD874FS held at Polokwane Gateway pound under case docket
  Apel CAS 67/08/2024 with reference Apel SAP13/359/2024 and Loads of chrome seized by members of the
  South African Police Service during the period January 2024 to November 2024 in Burgersfort Policing area
  under case dockets Burgersfort Cas 119/05/2023 and Burgersfort Cas 161/06/2023 and held at Steelpoort Mine
  (the property).
      IN THE APPLICATION FOR A PRESERVATION ORDER IN TERMS OF SECTION 38 OF ACT 121 OF 1998
            NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 39 OF THE PREVENTION OF ORGANISED CRIME ACT 121 OF 1998

            The National Director of Public Prosecutions applied for and was granted a preservation of property order in
  terms of section 38 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, No.121 0of 1998 in the High Court of South Africa
  (Limpopo Local Division, Polokwane) on the 25 February 2025 case number 1918/2025 in relation to: a) a load of
  chrome found in the white Hino tipper truck with registration number DWX101L held at Apel police pound under case
  docket Apel CAS 186/05/2024 with reference Apel SAP13/230/2024, a load of chrome found in the trailer with
  registration number HSD874FS held at Polokwane Gateway pound under case docket Apel CAS 67/08/2024 with
  reference Apel SAP13/359/2024 and Loads of chrome seized by members of the South African Police Service during
  the period January 2024 to November 2024 in Burgersfort Policing area under case dockets Burgersfort Cas
  119/05/2023 and Burgersfort Cas 161/06/2023 and held at Steelpoort Mine (the property).(a copy of the application
  and order can be obtained from the person mentioned in paragraph 10 hereunder).
            1. This notice is addressed to any interested parties to the property described above.

            Take notice that:
            2)If you have an interest in the property, you should understand that it is now at risk. You are advised to obtain
  legal advice on whether your interest can be protected and, if so, on how to protect it.
            3)You are notified that the National Director will, within 90 days of publication of this notice, apply to the High
  Court under section 48 of the POCA for an order declaring the property forfeit to the state. The order will remain in
  force until the application for a forfeiture order is finalised, and until any forfeiture order that is made is satisfied.
            4)If you intend to oppose the application for a forfeiture order, or you intend to apply for an order excluding
  your interest from a forfeiture order in respect of the property, you must enter an appearance in terms of the order. The
  requirements for such an appearance are set out in the order and are also dealt with sections 39(3), (4) and (5) of the
  POCA. An appearance must comply with these requirements.
            5)Your intention is specifically drawn to the 14-day time limit prescribed in section 39(4) for the entry of an
  appearance referred to in paragraph 4 above.
            6)If you enter an appearance in terms of the order you will be entitled to be given 14 days' notice of the
  application by the applicant for a forfeiture order in respect of the property.
            7)If you fail to enter an appearance in terms of the order or to comply with the above requirements, you will
  not be given notice of the application for a forfeiture order and you will not be entitled to appear at the hearing of the
  application. In such a case, the court may grant a default order forfeiting the property to the state under section 53 of
  the POCA.

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