By News Source Guyana on November 12, 2020
Crime, News
As the search continues for the shipper of the container from Guyana that was later busted in Belgium with 11.5 tons of cocaine, Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Agency and the Belgian Police and the US Drug Enforcement Administration are working closely together with the investigations. Senior officials at CANU indicated today that while there are no […]
By News Source Guyana on November 11, 2020
Crime, News
An illegal electrical connection at the SACHI’S shopping tent facility on Regent Street has been determined to be the cause of the fire that gutted the tent and the department store next door three nights ago. Fire investigators have concluded that the fire started at the tent facility which was located on the plot of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 11, 2020
Crime, Politics
Two students in Region Seven have tested positive for Coronavirus and are now in isolation. The tests were conducted two days ago and the results were returned today. The two students are residents of the dormitories at the Bartica Secondary and the Three Miles Secondary School. Both dorms have since been visited by Health officials […]
By News Source Guyana on November 11, 2020
Crime, News
Police investigators in Essequibo are probing the murder of a 16-year-old girl in the community of Richmond on the Essequibo Coast. The incident took place this morning and the girl’s ex-boyfriend is the suspect. The two reportedly shared a relationship and lived together for two years. The girl was at home this morning when the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 10, 2020
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has alerted the International Police Organisation (Interpol) on its search for the Guyanese scrap metal dealer who is wanted for that 11.5-ton cocaine bust. Senior Law Enforcement sources indicated to News Source today that Caribbean Countries have also been alerted on the search for the businessman, Marlon Primo. The Customs Anti […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2020
Crime, News
As the Government continues to shy away from funding a team of forensic experts from Argentina and Spain to probe the murder of Berbice teens, Isaiah and Joel Henry and Haresh Singh, the Opposition has indicated its willingness to fund the team’s work. In a statement today, Opposition Leader Joe Harmon said the Government’s credibility […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2020
Crime, News
Leader of the Opposition Joe Harmon wants to see the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit go after the “big fishes” in the multi-billion dollar cocaine shipment in Belgium that originated in Guyana. Appearing on “The Rickford Burke Conversations” online talk show, Mr. Harmon said there is no doubt that major players in the drug underworld locally […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn today expressed the shock and alarm of the Government at the export of more than 11 tons of cocaine through a local port with no alarm bells going off. Belgium Authorities found US$1 Billion worth of cocaine in a container that arrived there from Guyana. The shipment left […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2020
Crime, News
The US Drug Enforcement Administration is assisting Guyana’s Customs Anti Narcotics Unit with the local end of the Belgium cocaine bust that has been traced to Guyana. Head of CANU, James Singh told News Source this morning that the DEA and CANU are working on a joint team probing the shipment of the more than […]
By News Source Guyana on November 8, 2020
Crime, News
A Saturday morning mass at the Brickdam Cathedral came to a pause after a man of unsound mind attacked and robbed Catholic Bishop Francis Alleyne as he presided over the service. The entire incident was streamed live on Facebook. Moments after Bishop Alleyne led a small congregation in singing “Yaweh is the God of my […]