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The Guyana Police Force on Thursday confirmed that the Police Corporal at the centre of an AK-47 smuggling probe is on the run. The Police officer has been identified as Shevon Marks. According to a statement from the Police Force, Corporal Marks was under confinement at the Brickdam Police Station “but has since escaped and […]
Police investigators have arrested two relatives of an overseas based Guyanese man who was robbed just after his arrival in the country on Tuesday night. The man, Ganesh Looknauth, was accosted by the bandits as he was about to shut the gate to his Unity, East Coast Demerara house. The armed men who had their […]
President David Granger and Opposition Leader, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, today met for the second time in just over a week to discuss the appointment of a new chairperson for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). In a brief comment after the meeting, Minister Harmon disclosed Mr. Jagdeo requested clarification with respect to the qualities of the […]
The British Financial Crimes expert who is advising the Special Organised Crime Unit has defended the unit’s decision to arrest a number of former PPP former government officials and question them about the Pradoville Two land acquisition scandal. The Financial Crimes expert, Dr. Sam Sittlington, told journalists today that the Police Force, under which SOCU […]
Former Prime Minister of Guyana, Samuel Hinds, who also briefly served as President, appeared before investigators of the Special Organised Crime Unit today, as the unit continued with its probe of the Pradoville Two land acquisition scandal involving cabinet members and other officials of the former government. Mr. Hinds was not arrested but was invited […]
He came for a vacation, but must have loved the sweet chirping of the local birds. Now, a Canadian based Guyanese man has been convicted of bird smuggling and is finding out that a bird in the hand, could get you caged. 56-year-old Davendra Narine was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on March 2nd, […]
Following the accusations by Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, that the actions of the Special Organised Crime Unit to arrest and question former PPP cabinet members was politically motivated, the Government of Guyana in a statement assured that the investigations by SOCU has been “meticulous, fair and independent”. In a statement, the Government said the accusations […]
Member of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party and former Attorney General, Anil Nandall this afternoon said it will be up to the Special Organised Crime Unit as to what happens next following the questioning of Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and other former members of the PPP cabinet about the Pradoville 2 land acquisition scandal. […]
Moments after the arrest of former Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, Opposition Leader and Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo was escorted to the headquarters of the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force as the probe continues into the Pradoville 2 land acquisition scandal. Also being held for questioning at the SOCU headquarters were […]
Former Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary under the PPP government, Dr. Roger Forbes Luncheon was this afternoon taken into custody by the Special Organised Crime Unit as the probe into the Pradoville 2 land acquisition scandal continued. The arrest took place at the Office of the Opposition Leader right in front of […]
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