Gun Amnesty only covers possession and not other crimes -Top Cop

Guns and ammunition surrendered to the police during the ongoing one month amnesty can be used to prosecute in other crimes, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud disclosed on Monday. Persaud clarified that the government pardon only grants amnesty for the possession of firearms and made it clear that the police will not go after anyone who […]

Two Guyanese busted in Barbados with cocaine and marijuana on fishing vessel

(BarbadosToday) Two Guyanese nationals have been slapped with eight drug charges after being caught with drugs aboard their fishing vessel. Coco Ibert Prophett, 29, and Paul Fraser, 42, have been charged with possession of cannabis, possession with intent to supply cannabis, trafficking cannabis, importation of cannabis, possession of cocaine, possession with intent to supply cocaine, […]

Woman’s body spotted at Kaieteur falls…

Police and Army troops early Sunday morning began a journey to the Kaieteur Falls to retrieve a body that was spotted last evening by Park Rangers. The discovery comes almost two weeks after a female Tourist went missing during a visit to the falls. While authorities remain unsure whether the body is that of the […]

Customs seize 400 boxes of chicken being smuggled from Suriname

A Truck bearing Surinamese license plates was intercepted at # 5 Villages, West Coast Berbice on Sunday last and found smuggling four hundred (400) boxes of chicken with an aggregate value of over $2.8M, the Guyana Revenue Authority said. According to the GRA, the truck and its contents were detained by officers from the Law […]

Herstelling man found beaten to death in home

Police investigators are this morning probing the death of a 43-year-old Herstelling man. According to a police report, the body of Nathan Persaud was found just after 10 o clock Thursday morning in his premises with several wounds to his head.   He was taken to the Georgetown Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. […]

Guyanese woman commits suicide in Nevis five years after son did the same

(SKNVIBES) CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – POLICE on Nevis are investigating the death of a Guyanese national, who is said to have committed suicide by ingesting a poisonous substance. SKNVibes was told that the suicide victim is a Guyanese national of East Indian ancestry known as Oma Devi Balgobin and was residing in Low Street, Charlestown. Information […]