By News Source Guyana on December 28, 2020
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force is stepping up patrols across the country as it has recorded a 25% increased in armed robberies despite the coronavirus pandemic. Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn made the grim announcement today as he defended the government’s purchase of 15 new motorcycles to assist the Police Force in its patrols. The motorcycles, […]
By News Source Guyana on December 28, 2020
Crime, News
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has been provided with more than 50,000 images from the shipment of the drug-laden container from Guyana that was busted in Belgium back in November. Head of CANU, James Singh confirmed to News Source that his agency is going through the images as part of its probe of the more […]
By News Source Guyana on December 28, 2020
Crime, News
Police investigators have arrested the main suspect in the murder of a Princes Street, Lodge woman and her daughter over the holiday weekend. The Cuban national was arrested at Amelia’s Ward in Linden on Sunday night, two days after the gruesome murders. The lifeless bodies of 34-year-old Tara Krishram and her 11-year-old daughter were found […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2020
Crime, News
A Better Hope, East Coast Demerara man was hit down by an angry mechanic and dragged for several yards after the two were involved in an argument early Sunday morning. Dead is 29-year-old David Barclay aka Justin Blake. According to reports, Barclay was driving his car along Durban Street at around 2 am when he […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2020
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the brutal murder of a Princess Street Lodge woman and her daughter. The lifeless bodies of 34-year-old Tara Krishram and her 11-year-old daughter were found in a bedroom in the house last evening. The two appeared to have been beaten and slashed to death, according to the Police. The woman’s Cuban […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2020
Crime, News
A Police Constable could find himself before the Court for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. A Police statement indicated that Police Constable Lyle of the Den Amstel Police Station was driving an All-Terrain Vehicle along the Den Amstel Public Road on Christmas Day when he crashed into a pedestrian. The pedestrian, […]
By News Source Guyana on December 22, 2020
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the murder of 82-year-old retired Priest, George Chuck-A-Sang, whose body was found at his Vlissengen Street home on Monday. Mr. Chuck-A-Sang is believed to have been murdered sometime between Friday morning and Monday afternoon. The body was found clad only in a brief and with multiple stab wounds. The man’s daughter, […]
By News Source Guyana on December 18, 2020
Crime, News
Police Commissioner (ag) Nigel Hoppie has reported that while the country has seen a 4.3% decrease in serious crimes, the murder rate has seen a significant increase of 27.69%. Between the 1st January and the 7th December 2020, the country recorded 141 murders. The majority of the murders have been described as the disorderly type. […]
By News Source Guyana on December 16, 2020
Crime, News
The Police Commander at the center of a Guyana Revenue Authority investigation into smuggled liquor has offered to pay the taxes on the uncustomed commodity, sources familiar with the probe have told News Source. The Police Divisional Commander for Region 9 and two other Police Ranks were intercepted on Tuesday by GRA Enforcement Officers with […]
By News Source Guyana on December 16, 2020
Crime, News
Four years after the gunning down of 25-year-old Gregory Garraway during a robbery, his killer has been sentenced to 15 years in jail. 26-year-old Joshua Meredith who was charged for murder back in 2016 opted to enter a guilty plea to the lesser count of manslaughter when he appeared before Justice Priya Beharry this morning. […]