The department of home affairs submitted an affidavit to the Verulam Magistrate's Court, where the state is opposing bail for two of six men accused of dealing in drugs worth R600-million.
Home Affairs immigration officer Sam Langa said in the affidavit that Paul Bromley, 40, lied to the department's officials, contravened the terms of his residence permit and was prohibited from entering South Africa.
He said Bromley's visa expired in September, while he was in custody, but Bromley lied to get travel permits and claimed to be engaged to a South African.
The woman, Joanie Dennis, said in an affidavit that she was no longer involved with Bromley, did not live with him and was married to another man.
Bromley, Langa said, could be deported if he were released on bail because it was illegal to rent property to an illegal immigrant, and Home Affairs would not grant a visa to a man facing serious criminal charges.
Prosecutor Alistair Walters said Bromley could not be given bail because he had no home, no money and no job.
The investigating detective, Captain Devendran Moodley, said in his affidavit that Bromley was the kingpin of an international drugs syndicate with links to China, the Middle East, South America and Europe.
He claimed that Bromley threatened the life of the other five accused - South Africans Gopaul Ganesh, Moganathan Nadasen and Perumal Naidoo, and British brothers Paul and John Beasley - if they co-operated with the state.
A ruling on bail for Bromley and Ganesh will be given on Tuesday.
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