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The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) today announced that it has questioned 19 foreign nationals in relation to a quantity of marijuana that was found in the wee hours of Wednesday morning on a foreign registered vessel at the GNIC Wharf in Georgetown. CANU said it conducted a special operation on the vessel which was scheduled […]
Residents of Dartmouth on the Essequibo Coast after holding off protests for over four months, launched a massive protest this morning over the killing of businessman Orin Boston Jr. The residents are upset that the Policeman accused of shooting the businessman dead in his bed was charged for manslaughter and not the more serious charge […]
The Attorney representing the interest of the family of businessman Orin Boston who was shot dead in his bead by a policeman believes a murder charge should have been filed against the policeman and not manslaughter. Last Friday, the policeman Sherwin Peters of the SWAT Unit and who is originally from Linden appeared in Court […]
Outspoken Opposition Member of Parliament and Talk Show host, Sherod Duncan appeared in Court this morning at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court where he was charged for a cybercrime offense, related to statements he allegedly made on his online talk show about the Information Technology Manager at GECOM, Aneal Giddings. Duncan was represented by Attorneys Nigel […]
High Court Judge Sandel Kissoon on Friday ruled that Magistrate Alex Moore acted erroneously and irrationally when he granted bail to two foreign nationals who were busted in Guyana with close to 1000 pounds of cocaine. The Magistrate’s decision to grant bail to the two men after several appearances, was challenged by the Attorney General. […]
A Guyana Police Force rank attached to the Force’s SWAT Unit was charged today for manslaughter in relation to the shooting death of Essequibo businessman, Orin Boston. The SWAT officer, Sherwin Peters appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning where the manslaughter charge was read to him. He is accused of shooting the businessman […]
Police are investigating the discovery of a man’s lifeless body in the yard of a businessman in Sandy Babb Street, Kitty. The dead man has been identified only as “Bolo”. The businessman claims that he discovered the man’s body yesterday morning at around 7:30 when he went into his yard. The dead man is of […]
Chief Security Officer, Peon Lee also known as “Nino Brown” who worked at the Wallison Gold Trading Enterprise which was robbed back in August has been granted bail in the some $450,000 by the High Court. Lee has been in custody since last August after being fingered as one of the accused in the multi-million […]
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit improved its drug seizures in 2021 as against the previous year, and the Head of the drug enforcement agency is crediting the hard work of his ranks and a number of intelligence-led operations and government support for the agency’s success. In its 2021 operations report, CANU pointed out that in 2021, […]
Two weeks after a drunken fight left two miners in the North West District dead, one of the men accused of stabbing the men to death appeared in Court this morning to face murder charges. The murder accused, Kurtland Damon aka Carto appeared before Magistrate, Dylon Bess in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning after […]
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