Durban Metro police were instructed not to 'escort or give celebrity status' to an alleged drug lord at his funeral service in Phoenix, north of Durban, on Saturday.
Durban Metro police were instructed not to"escort or give celebrity status" to an alleged drug lord at his funeral service in Phoenix, north of Durban, on Saturday.
"From the video I cannot really say whether they were escorting or not. If intersections were blocked‚ they would provide traffic management assistance. If any assistance was given‚ it would have been only for traffic management. We had given very clear instructions that we would not be escorting or giving celebrity status to the deceased‚" said metro police spokesperson Parboo Sewpersad.
"I know for a fact that SA police were there too and our instruction was to work with them. Our members and SAPS members were deployed undercover as well‚" Sewpersad said. Periasamy‚ 30‚ was gunned down shortly after leaving the Virgin Active gym at Gateway Theatre of Shopping in Umhlanga on Thursday.
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