By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2017
Crime, News
He was hired as a driver for a mini-bus, but a Friendship, East Coast Demerara man thought a sale of the same bus would be easier. 24-year-old, Patrick Watts appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today and was charged for fraudulently converting the bus to his own use. The Court heard that sometime between August […]
By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2017
News
Two Lindeners were remanded to jail this morning after being charged with the trafficking of marijuana. The pregnant woman, Rhonda Hercules, and taxi driver, Stanwin Small, both entered not guilty pleas when they appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman to face marijuana possession and trafficking charges. The two were allegedly nabbed with over two pounds of […]
By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2017
News, Politics
Guyana is continuing its support of those hurricane ravaged islands and the Government has now announced that in addition to all of the assistance it has already committed to, it will be donating 300 tonnes to lumber to assist the islands in the rebuilding process. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo made the announcement over the weekend […]
By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2017
Crime, News
A Georgetown Taxi driver, who is a deportee, was arrested by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit as investigators continue to probe the attempt to smuggle cocaine soaked hammocks. News Source understands that the man was arrested after agents received information that he may have been one of two persons fingered by the young woman who […]
By News Source Guyana on October 1, 2017
News
Police and Guyana Geology and Mines Commission investigators have traveled to a mining camp in the Mahdia community following a tragic mining pit collapse that has left a young gold miner dead. The name of the miner has not been released but according to report, he is from the Linden community. The incident took place […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2017
Crime, News
Police investigators are this morning probing the execution style murder of East La Penitence resident and wanted man, Colin Daley, aka “Frog eye” and “Froggy”. The man’s lifeless body was found just after 1 o’clock Saturday morning with a single gunshot wound to the head in Albert Street, Albouystown. According to a Police statement, the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2017
Crime, News
The Brazilian miner who was found murdered at a Cuyuni mining camp in Guyana on Monday may have been living a double life and local investigators are now in contact with Brazilian Police as they probe the latest development. The man, Antonio DaSilva, was found shot to death just outside his mining camp. The camp […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2017
News
The Guyana Police Force has confirmed that it has removed Superintendent Wayne DeHearte as Head of the Narcotics Branch and transferred him to the Berbice area. The move comes as the Office of Professional Responsibility probes the disappearance of over two pounds of cocaine from the evidence room at the Narcotics Branch. Although Superintendent DeHearte […]
By News Source Guyana on September 29, 2017
Crime, News
Two weeks after Police issued a wanted bulletin for him, the Plaisance businessman,who later turned himself in to the Police, was today remanded to prison, after being charged with cocaine trafficking. 27-year-old, Delvor Bunbury, stood before Magistrate Leron Daly and denied the allegation that on the 11th September at BelAir, he trafficked 1.828 kilograms of […]
By News Source Guyana on September 29, 2017
Crime, News
Two staffers from the Ministry of Public Security, one from the Guyana Revenue Authority and another man, found themselves before a city magistrate yesterday charged with conspiring to commit a felony by forging documents for tint license. The four men, Danesh Dyal, Chatram Persaud, Richard Mohan and Hazel Mohamed all entered a plea of not […]