Johannesburg: The escort provided to the Gupta wedding guests who arrived on a private chartered jet at the Waterkloof Air Force Base was not provided by police, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said.
A private security company - which illegally fitted blue lights to vehicles with false number plates - was involved.
Police and metro police officers apparently working in the security escort had since been arrested, Radebe said.
A total of five senior government officials and military personnel have also been suspended over the unauthorised landing of the Gupta plane at Waterkloof - a national key point - on Tuesday morning.
Radebe said in Pretoria on Friday a preliminary probe had been done, but a full investigation by the directors general of the affected departments was under way.
The committee of DGs would report back to Cabinet within seven days, he told reporters.
03/05/13 iOL news
