Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:37:05 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO IRATE mourners on Monday dumped a coffin at Kasama police station to protest against a police officer who had impounded one of the vehicles in the funeral procession. However, Northern Province commissioner of police Richard Mweene has explained that the vehicle in question was not part of the funeral procession and was impounded for overloading but has apologised to the family of the deceased and other mourners for the misunderstanding with his officers. Trouble started when traffic police officers impounded one of the vehicles at the traffic lights in Kasama town during a funeral procession for alleged overloading and grabbed the keys from the driver, leaving the mourners stranded. The stand-off between the officers and mourners deepened when the officers allegedly refused to hand over the keys to the driver, demanding K600 penalty fee before they could proceed. After other mourners were alerted that one of […]
