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A businessman from Lethem was arrested on Sunday while smuggling beer from neighbouring Brazil. The businessman has been identified as Ryan Khan. He was arrested by ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit as he was loading the smuggled beer into his vehicle. He reportedly picked up the smuggled beer from a hidden spot close […]
A young biker was pronounced dead last evening after crashing into a cyclist along Mandela Avenue. The cyclist has been hospitalised in a critical condition. Police investigators have identified the dead biker as Leon Wilkins of Sophia. The accident occurred just after 6pm. Eyewitnesses said the biker was speeding north along Mandela Avenue when he […]
The Private Sector Commission is calling on the Police Commissioner to investigate and file charges against persons who have been using Facebook to issue threats against the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission. In a statement, the PSC said it has observed the increasing abuse and threats appearing on Facebook pages. The body, which has […]
Police investigators are probing the gunning down of a 23-year-old La Penitence man outside his Middle Road home. The dead youth has been identified as Navindra Samaroo. He worked as a Sales Representative for a phone card company. According to persons in the area, Samaroo was leaving his home this afternoon when two men pounced […]
The Guyana Police Force arrested two men on Wednesday after they were busted with 20 pounds of compressed marijuana stashed in the doors of a car. A police statement said the car was intercepted at 31 Miles, Ituni Road and a search unearthed the 61 parcels of marijuana which weighed 20 pounds. The parcels were […]
One week after fires at two public buildings in Essequibo triggered a major investigation, a 24-year-old man is facing charges for setting the fires. Essequibo Coast resident and excavator operator, Keyon Davis, was charged on Wednesday for two counts of setting fire to public buildings belonging to the state. The charges are in relation to […]
Kaieteur News sub-editor and former Government Cultural Advisor and co-founder of The Citizenship Initiative, Ruel Johnson was taken into custody this morning and questioned about rape allegations. The allegations were made by an ex-girlfriend of Johnson who in a recent social media post detailed alleged instances of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of […]
A businessman remains in custody as the probe continues in the gunning down of 47-year-old contractor Kissoondat Premsukh. Investigators are working on the theory that the murder was an ordered execution. The businessman who is in custody is suspected to be the one who ordered the hit. A woman who was also held initially by […]
Police investigators are probing the gunning down murder of a 47-year-old contractor at his Durban Street worksite. The dead man has been identified as Prem Sukh aka Dave of Lusigan, East Coast Demerara. According to eyewitnesses, the contractor and another worker were at the construction site for a new building when several gunshots shattered the […]
An unoccupied building at the GDF’s Second Infantry Battalion Base at Maria Lodge on the Essequibo Coast was badly damaged by fire just after 3 o’ clock this morning. A police report said the building had no electricity supply. Therefore, the fire being of an electrical origin has been ruled out. Quick thinking neighbours who […]
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