Marc Batchelor 'slain for ton of hot cocaine'

Top detectives look into revenge hit over theft of drug shipments

21 July 2019 - 00:07 By GRAEME HOSKEN

A crack police team is investigating whether former footballer Marc Batchelor was killed in a revenge hit for his apparent role in the theft of a ton of cocaine smuggled into SA late last year...

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