Crime

Police Sergeant charged over theft of marijuana from Police station

Tasked with investigating a drug bust matter, a Police Detective Sergeant has found himself before the Courts being accused of stealing more than three thousand grams of marijuana. Police Detective Sergeant Elfannando Newman of the Criminal Investigations Department was marched before the Diamond Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday where the charge of larceny by a public […]

Miner remanded for murder of mining camp Chef in Region 7

A gold miner who is originally from Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara was today charged and remanded to jail for the murder of 26-year-old mining camp chef, Mariam Edwards. Appearing at the Bartica Magistrates’ Court today, 25-year-old Keron Hope was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge, which accused […]

Norton St. man held with 400 ecstasy pills in Corriverton bust

During a joint operation, today between the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit and the Enforcement Division of the Guyana Revenue Authority, a 48-year-old man was busted with a number of ecstasy pills. CANU said that during the operation at Corriverton in Berbice, the ranks intercepted a motor vehicle and during a search, four parcels containing 400 […]