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Ke­jan Haynes

Trans­port Com­mis­sion­er Clive Clarke has de­nied claims that li­cens­ing of­fi­cers locked farm­ers in­side the North­ern Whole­sale Mar­ket in Ma­coya ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing dur­ing an ex­er­cise, say­ing the op­er­a­tion was led by po­lice and that his of­fi­cers on­ly pro­vid­ed sup­port.

A short video cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia shows a tense ex­change be­fore sun­rise, with sev­er­al men ar­gu­ing as po­lice of­fi­cers wear­ing marked vests stand near­by.