By News Source Guyana on October 29, 2021
Crime, News
Double murder accused, Kapildeo Gangadin who escaped from the Lusignan jail on Thursday morning was recaptured this morning in the West Bank Demerara village of Onderneeming. Gangadin was arrested by the Police and was found with a new haircut and his face completely shaven. In a statement, the Prison Service said he was recaptured at […]
By News Source Guyana on October 29, 2021
Crime, News
Three Days after ranks from the Custom Anti- Narcotics unit (CANU) swooped done on the home of businessman Andre Gomes aka Zipper and found over four pounds of cocaine, Gomes and another man, Eon Joseph were today charged with cocaine trafficking. In Court today after the charges were read, Eon Joseph entered a guilty plea […]
By News Source Guyana on October 27, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
Two members of the Guyana Police Force who were charged earlier this year in connection with an alleged $19 Million fraud in the Force’s Finance Department were freed of the charges today after the Magistrate’s Court upheld their Attorneys’ no-case submission. Special Corporal Jenneka Carmichael and Constable Tatayana Smith were charged for allegedly deleting files […]
By News Source Guyana on October 27, 2021
Crime, News
Three years after he was freed of a cocaine trafficking charge over insufficient evidence, businessman Andre Gomes aka “Zipper” has found himself again on the radar of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. Gomes was arrested on Tuesday night during an operation by CANU at a house in the Campbellville area. The operation unearthed two blocks […]
By News Source Guyana on October 26, 2021
Crime, News
A 39-year-old man is in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after he was nabbed on Monday with more than 30 pounds of local and foreign marijuana in his car. CANU identified the suspect as Duvendra Sukhdeo of Republic Park, East Bank Demerara. CANU said based on information, it intercepted the motor car […]
By News Source Guyana on October 26, 2021
Crime, News
Three days after three men were arrested during a CANU operation in Sophia, only one of the men has been charged for narco-trafficking. 31-year-old Roylon Adolph of Industrial Area, Linden was charged with trafficking over 10 pounds of marijuana in the Sophia area. CANU said the marijuana carries an estimated street value of $1.8 million. […]
By News Source Guyana on October 25, 2021
Crime, News
48-year-old Charlestown vendor, Carl Cameron was stabbed to death on Sunday evening by his own friend who accused him of sharing a video recording of a party in the community on social media. The friend, 30-year-old Kevin Hendricks is now wanted by the Police for the murder of Carl Cameron. The Police issued a wanted […]
By News Source Guyana on October 25, 2021
Crime, News
Almost four years after the Christmas Day murder of Sophia resident Celwyn Allen, the man accused of killing him admitted to the crime today in Court. 23-year-old Bevon Griffith aka ‘Spooney’ appeared in Court this morning for the start of the murder trial, but opted to enter a guilty plea to the lesser count of […]
By News Source Guyana on October 25, 2021
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the murder of 59-year-old Tuschen businessman, Keith Richard Hoenkirk. The man who was an amputee was found dead in his bedroom with duct tape across his mouth and his hands tied. Police investigaors suspect that he may have been killed sometime on Saturday night or early Sunday morning. The body was […]
By News Source Guyana on October 21, 2021
Crime, News
The University of Guyana and the Guyana Police Force have signed an agreement that will see the University developing academic programmes that will form part of the training of members of the Police Force. UG Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Paloma Mohammed signed the agreement on behalf of the University while Acting Deputy Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus inked […]