Crime

Two die in East Coast smash up

Two persons lost their lives and several others have been left nursing serious injuries following a smash-up involving a mini-bus at Good Hope on the East Coast of Demerara. The driver of the route 44 mini-bus, Andrew Albert was pronounced dead at the scene. The other victim was identified as passenger, 38-year-old Annalisa Lachan. Eyewitnesses […]

Mohamed seeking over $200 Million from Detective Bascom over “defamatory” statements

Businessman Azruddin Mohamed has filed a $200 million lawsuit against Police Detective, Sergeant Dion Bascom over offending statements made by the Policeman in Facebook posts that allegedly linked the well-known businessman to a cover-up of the murder of biker, Ricardo Fagundes. Sergeant Bascom has 28 days to respond to the lawsuit. The businessman is claiming […]

GRA seizes millions in smuggled chicken and liquor

The Guyana Revenue Authority’s Enforcement Unit has carried out another operation that has resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of uncustomed goods. In a statement, the GRA said three motor vehicles laden with a large quantity of uncustomed chicken was busted at Cane Grove, Mahaica and at a separate location, the GRA said […]

Robbery suspects also charged for abduction and remanded to jail

Two robbery suspects who were arrested on the 18th August after being cornered by the Police have been charged with three counts of robbery under arms and abduction. 22-year-old Hamza Samuels and 18-year-old Emmanuel Hale appeared in Court on Monday and were jointly charged. Although they both pleaded not guilty, they were remanded to jail […]

Government to seek regional help to review local investigations and probe “Paper shorts” murder

Days after the family of murdered biker Ricardo Fagundes aka “Paper Shorts” picketed the Criminal Investigations Department over the sloth of the Police investigations, President Irfaan Ali confirmed today that Guyana will seek regional assistance to solve the crime. The Government is to reach out to the Regional Security System to probe the brazen execution […]