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With a number of cases still before the Courts, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) has reported that it was able to take more than $1.1 bilion worth of drugs off the streets of Guyana in 2022. According to CANU, it was able to seize over 3400 kgs of narcotics in 2022, which represents a […]
Almost a year after she was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with cocaine in her suitcase and packets of cocaine strapped to her body, 26-year-old former media worker, Zanneel Williams was today sentenced to four years in jail. Williams was busted in April 2022 with more than 17 pounds of cocaine in her carry-on […]
Three years after he was charged and jailed for trafficking more than 100 pounds of marijuana, a Lusignan man will find himself before the local Courts again, but this time, he will be facing cocaine trafficking charges. 44-year-old Eduardo Alexander Moore was arrested on Friday with 5.3 pounds of cocaine in his possession. He was […]
Linden farmer, 29-year-old Darius Frank, who is also a Policeman who has been interdicted from duty is facing serious drug trafficking charges after he was nabbed with 113 pounds of marijuana. The Police said the busted marijuana carries a street value of $15.4 million. Frank appeared in Court on Friday before Magistrate Wanda Fortune and […]
A Nigerian national who attempted to post 1.1 pounds of cocaine in a package through the post office was sentenced to four years in jail today and fined $723,000 after pleading guilty to the crime. The man, Gift Obioha, who has been living in Guyana was nabbed at the Guyana Post Office Corporation by CANU […]
An American man who arrived at the Cheddi Jagan Airport from New York with several joints of marijuana in his possession, weighing 16.6 grams has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and has been sentenced to community service and fined $30,000. The man, Delroy Juliys Seaforth, appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman today at the Diamond Magistrates’ […]
A Brazilian registered helicopter which did not have permission to operate within Guyana has been seized by the Guyana Defence Force and the Police after it was found in the Rupununi region. During an operation by the Police and the Military, a number of illegal mining sites were also found in the region being operated […]
Since the start of the year, the Guyana Police Force has recorded 16 deaths on the country’s roadways as a result of vehicular accidents, and that number represents a 100% increase in the road fatality rate when compared to the same period a year ago. The 16 fatalities have been recorded from 8 accidents. Of […]
The Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for eight persons as part of a money laundering and financial crimes probe. SOCU is tightlipped about the details of the investigations, but is asking anyone who knows the whereabouts of the eight persons to make contact with SOCU or the […]
Ten months after she was busted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with more than 20 pounds of cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking, former media worker Zanneel Williams is expected to face sentencing after changing her plea to guilty. The 26-year-old woman had initially pleaded guilty to the cocaine trafficking charge […]
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