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The two Brazilian nationals who were arrested with almost 1000 pounds of cocaine when they landed their small plane at Orealla were today charged for drug trafficking and remanded to jail. 30-year-old Andre Perreira and 65-year-old Salim De Almiser appeared at the Springlands Magistrates’ Court this morning and pleaded not guilty to trafficking more than […]
Prime Minister Mark Phillips has written to retired Assistant Police Commissioners Paul Slowe and Clinton Conway asking them to show cause why they should not be removed as members of the Police Service Commission. Slowe serves as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission while Conway is one of the Commission’s members. The Prime Minister […]
A Guyana Geology and Mines Commission Prosecutor who was nabbed by the Police during a sting operation for allegedly accepting a bribe, found himself before a City Magistrate facing charges today. The GGMC Prosecutor, Sherwin Crandon, was charged for corrupt transaction by an agent. He was granted bail in the sum of $150,000. The Court […]
Leader of the Alliance for Change and Former Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has condemned the arrest of a number of former Senior Police Officers as well as several serving Police Officers who were charged and placed before the courts on Thursday over allegations of fraud related to a review of the Force’s Standing Orders. […]
Two Brazilian nationals remain in Police custody and will face drug trafficking charges soon after their small aircraft that was loaded with cocaine made an emergency landing in the village of Orealla. In a statement this morning, the Guyana Police Force announced that 453 packages of cocaine were found on the plane weighing a total […]
A small single-engine aircraft carrying a Brazilian registration number made an emergency landing in Orealla in East Berbice Corentyne this afternoon. On board, a large quantity of cocaine was discovered. There were only two persons aboard the plane along with several large packages of cocaine when the emergency landing was made along a roadway that […]
A 44-year-old mining officer of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission who serves as a Prosecutor for GGMC cases has found himself facing possible charges of his own after he was nabbed with $300,000 that was allegedly paid to him to drop a Court matter. The man, Sherwin Crandon was held on Wednesday afternoon after […]
Guyanese hotelier, Shervington “Big Head” Lovelle, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail by a US Court after pleading guilty US Drug Conspiracy charge in New York. Lovelle who is a part-owner of the Tower Suites Hotel and also owns other hotels in Guyana was extradited to the US from Jamaica in 2018. He […]
The Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force this morning marched three current senior Police Officers and six retired senior Police Officers before the Court to face fraud charges related to the review of the Police Force’s Standing Orders. Assistant Police Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor, Senior Superintendent of Police Marcelene Washington and Asst. Superintendent […]
Retired Assistant Police Commissioner Clinton Conway and retired Senior Superintendent George Fraser were arrested by the Police today on the orders of the Special Organised Crime Unit as the Unit probes allegations of fraud against a number of senior retired Police Officers. The allegations are related to payments made to the retired Officers by the […]
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