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Bandit shot dead during robbery at Queenstown hotel

An armed bandit, who was shot dead as he carried out an attack at El Sol Hotel in Queenstown, is still to be identified. According to a Police report, the man was shot dead around 4:30 this morning by an armed security guard. The hotel is located in Crown Street, Queenstown. The Police report said […]

55-year-old woman busted with cocaine strapped to thighs

A 55-year-old woman from West Ruimveldt was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport today with some extra weight strapped to her thighs. According to a statement from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit, Sandra Profitt was preparing to board a Barbados bound flight, when CANU agents found more than 7 pounds of cocaine strapped to her […]

Nightclub owner remanded on trafficking in persons charges

Nightclub owner, Freeman Fordyce, was remanded to jail today after being charged for trafficking in persons. It is not the first time that the businessman is being accused of involvement in trafficking in persons. In Court today, he denied the allegations that he was involved in the trafficking of two Venezuelan women. The Prosecutor’s case […]

Two remanded for 237-pound cocaine in pepper sauce bust

Two men were today remanded to jail after being charged with the possession of more than 237 pounds of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. 43-year-old Andrew Yong of Diamond Housing Scheme and 30-year-old Rameao Chandrahan of Queenstown, appeared before the Chief Magistrate this afternoon and both pleaded not guilty when the charge of cocaine […]

US Embassy broadsides Guyana Parliament over “honouring” of former MP Abdul Kadir who died as a convicted terrorist

The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown today condemned the recently passed resolution by Guyana’s National Assembly, which offered sympathy to the family of late Guyana Member of Parliament, Abdul Kadir, who died in a US Prison last year, while serving time as a convicted terrorist. Kadir had been sentenced to life in prison in the United […]