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With questions raised as to how a man from the Dominican Republic was able to pass through Guyana’s two main airports without his forged passport being noticed, that man is now behind bars after being charged and remanded. 26-year-old, Jose Alberto Medina, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Wednesday and was charged with presenting […]
An officer attached to the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit was shot to the shoulder during a late-night multi-agency operation in the Mahaica area targeting the smuggling of goods. CANU and the Police were out in support of the operation which was being headed by the Guyana Revenue Authority. As the agents closed in on a […]
32-year-old taxi driver Neville Thomas will have to face a High Court Judge and Jury after Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus ruled that a strong enough case had been made out against him in a rape charge. Thomas is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. The offense was allegedly committed on the child back in April of […]
28-year-old Dwayne Tappin was today sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole only after serving 40 years. A few weeks ago, Tappin was found guilty of the 2017 murder of his uncle, Randolph Seenauth. Justice Sandel Kissoon handed down the life sentence today after listening to a probation report. The report painted […]
Guyana has witnessed a decrease in the cocaine trade over the past few years, according to the Acting Police Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston. The decrease may be linked to the presence of the United States (US) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Guyana. The DEA Office in Guyana was officially declared open in February […]
Following the arrest of 13 persons during a Police operation in Kuru Kururu that unearthed stolen vehicles and car parts, four of those arrested have been charged and remanded to jail. 18-year-old mechanic, Justin DE Santos, 25-year-old taxi drivers Joe Singh and Miguel Materdeen and 33-year-old mechanic Kurt Shepard appeared before the Chief Magistrate to […]
20-year-old, Rollox Williams of Eteringbang was today sentenced to 9 months in jail after pleaded guilty to attempting to commit a felony. The man was caught trying to break into a home in John Street Georgetown on the 8th November. He told the Court today that he was trying to break into the home to […]
A member of the Joint Services along with a businessman are among three men who have been arrested following a Monday afternoon robbery at Matthew’s Ridge in Region One. According to a Police statement, at around 1:30pm on Monday, four masked gunmen robbed three miners of a large quantity of raw gold at the Matthew’s […]
Two vagrants who slept on the pavement along Regent Street were murdered over the past 48 hours and Police investigators have arrested a 24-year-old man from Cummings Street in connection with the crime. The suspect is believed to be behind both murders. One of the murders took place in the early morning hours of Monday […]
A 26-year-old former resident of West Ruimveldt was this morning sentenced to 14 months in jail after being found guilty of breaking into a home and carting off more than $1 million in jewellery and electronic items. The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Rhondel Weaver after she found Ceon Isaacs guilty of the crime. […]
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