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A Guyanese couple who arrived in Guyana on Thursday morning from the United States along with the relative who picked them up from the airport were robbed at gunpoint just as they pulled in at the Pouderoyen house where they would spend their vacation. US-based Guyanese Balram Singh and his wife Indira arrived at the […]
When US Customs in Puerto Rico found the US$620,000 in cash stashed on the Guyana bound private jet, the owner Guyanese businessman and pilot Khamraj Lall declared that he had forgotten that the money was on the plane. Court documents seen by News Source are shedding more light on the cash bust in the Spanish […]
The private jet which is owned by a Guyanese businessman and is at the centre of a money smuggling investigation in Puerto Rico, made several monthly trips to Guyana and on some occasions was never checked by Customs after its arrival, according to multiple sources close to the Customs Department. The owner of the jet, […]
Police in Guyana and Suriname are probing a human trafficking case that involved five Guyanese men as victims. The Guyana Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the investigation and has already conducted interviews with the five men. In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, the Guyana Police Force said it is investigating the circumstances under which […]
Guyanese businessman and pilot Khamraj Lall is in custody in Puerto Rico facing serious money smuggling charges after over US$600,000 was discovered in a private jet that he was traveling on. The flight was heading to Guyana and was on a fuel stop in Puerto Rico when the bust was made. Lall is the Chief Executive […]
There appears to be new collusion at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in the efforts of the drug lords to get cocaine out of Guyana. Just days after a man from Guyana was busted at New York’s JFK Airport with over 16 pounds of cocaine in rum bottles, two women who also travelled from Guyana […]
A 23-year-old Guyanese woman who arrived in Barbados on Saturday with cocaine hidden in her vagina, has been sentenced to nine months in jail on the island and she will also have to pay a BDS$20,000 fine. The woman has been identified as Rochelle Amanda Gibson. She was slapped with four drug trafficking charges after […]
Chargé d’Affaires Bryan Hunt writes On November 25th the world community will observe the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVAW). Subsequent to the IDEVAW, the U.S. Embassy will be participating in 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence offers an opportunity to renew […]
With Guyana recording 10 domestic violence-related deaths of women in 2014 and more than 20 in 2013, Government agencies and international agencies are increasing their efforts to ensure a more grassroots approach in combating violence against women through legislative enforcement. At an interfaith service to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, […]
A man who travelled from Guyana to the United States last Monday has been placed on US$75,000 bail after he was busted and charged with trafficking just over 18 pounds of cocaine into the United States. The man has been identified as Wilton Sinclair. According to court documents obtained by News Source, Sinclair arrived at […]
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