Crime

Store Cleaner and five others remanded to jail for GTT robbery; $2.6M recovered

A cleaner who worked at the GTT Giftland Store and five others were remanded to jail today for last Thursday night’s armed robbery at the store. 25-year-old cleaner Andrea Dover, 30-year-old Piercy Roberts, 27-year-old Ashley Mansfield, 24-year-old Jamal Haley, 24-year-old Ryan Goodluck and 39-year-old Osman Brummel all appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates Court today where […]

66-year-old miner remanded on drug trafficking charges

A 66-year-old man from Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara who worked as a miner in Region 7 has been remanded to jail after being charged with trafficking of narcotics. In a statement, the Guyana Police Force said Wilfred Reynolds was arrested on the 13th September with a quantity of narcotics in his possession for […]

Police Detective Dion Bascom slapped with cyber crime charges

Weeks after he publicly accused the Guyana Police Force of allegedly covering up the investigations into the murder of biker, Ricardo Fagundes, Police Detective, Sergeant Dion Bascom was today hit with three cyber crime charges related to statements he made about serving members of the Guyana Police Force. Bascom in two Facebook video posts had […]

Two die in East Coast smash up

Two persons lost their lives and several others have been left nursing serious injuries following a smash-up involving a mini-bus at Good Hope on the East Coast of Demerara. The driver of the route 44 mini-bus, Andrew Albert was pronounced dead at the scene. The other victim was identified as passenger, 38-year-old Annalisa Lachan. Eyewitnesses […]

Mohamed seeking over $200 Million from Detective Bascom over “defamatory” statements

Businessman Azruddin Mohamed has filed a $200 million lawsuit against Police Detective, Sergeant Dion Bascom over offending statements made by the Policeman in Facebook posts that allegedly linked the well-known businessman to a cover-up of the murder of biker, Ricardo Fagundes. Sergeant Bascom has 28 days to respond to the lawsuit. The businessman is claiming […]