By News Source Guyana on November 23, 2021
Crime, News
Guyanese businessman, Ghalee Khan who surrendered to US Law Enforcement in March 2020 after being on the run from US authorities for more than a decade on drug trafficking charges, has been sentenced to nine years in jail for jumping his original bail and cocaine trafficking. Khan who made a surprise decision to return to […]
By News Source Guyana on November 19, 2021
Crime, News
The two foreign pilots who were recently charged and remanded to jail for illegally entering Guyana, were marched before the Courts again today to face additional charges. In Court today, the two men, David Caicedo Villa, and Gustavo Adolfo Riascos Gomez were charged with interfering with an aircraft, operating a civilian aircraft without a certificate […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2021
Crime, News
A horrific accident in the vicinity of Caledonia on the East Bank of Demerara claimed the lives of a Linden husband and wife this afternoon, according to the Police. The two have been identified as Nicholas Valcin and Olisa Sanderson-Valcin. Initial reports state that the two were in a car heading south along the East […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2021
Crime, News
A drug eradication operation by the Police in the Upper Berbice river area unearthed over 500,000 marijuana plants, 2000 pounds of dried marijuana and 100 pounds of marijuana seeds along with four nurseries. In a statement, the Police pegged the total cost attached to the marijuana at just over $2 Billion. The operation was carried […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2021
Crime, News
Five men were charged and remanded to prison today for the murder of 54-year-old Berbice resident, Bheem Evans. Evans was beaten, chopped and stuffed in a rice bag last Friday when he attempted to stop the men from attacking his son. The men were reportedly looking for the same Evans initially, accusing him of stealing […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonnette Cummings has revealed that over 3000 cases of gender-based violence have made their way to the Courts so far for this year. Describing the situation as a cause for concern, the Chancellor made a call for there to be a special department set up to deal specifically with […]
By News Source Guyana on November 17, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
Opposition Leader Joe Harmon wants to see the Police come clean with the reality of the crime situation in the country. With the Police Force recently indicating that serious crimes in Guyana are at their lowest in 10 years, the Opposition Leader said the figures may be presenting a false narrative as the Government fails […]
By News Source Guyana on November 16, 2021
Crime, News
A Police operation in the Berbice river community of Fort Nassau unearthed a large marijuana farm with more than 120,000 plants and 450 pounds of dried marijuana. The Police said the marijuana found was valued at more than $115 million. During the operation, the plants were discovered on the large farm with some of the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 15, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The daily number of gun crimes and robberies in the country remains worrying although the overall crime rate has been decreasing, according to the Police. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum today said while there has been a slight reduction in gun robberies and murders between January and mid-November, both categories of crime remain a source of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 15, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
Political party, A New and United Guyana has issued a call for Coroner’s inquests to be conducted into the four latest police shooting deaths which occurred in the past two months. In documents released over the weekend, the party wrote to the Chief Magistrate seeking Coroner’s inquests into the Police shooting death of David Smith […]