By News Source Guyana on February 9, 2018
Crime, News
Twenty-year-old Linden taxi driver, Orlando Flatts aka “Rango”, was stabbed to death just after midnight this morning after he allegedly forced his way into the home of his ex-girlfriend. According to a Police statement, it was around 12:30 this morning that “Rango” armed himself with a piece of metal and forced his way into the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2018
Crime, News
Guyana’s security forces will be moving to tighten up on security especially in the bordering regions to stem the flow of illegal weapons into the country. Special attention will be given to the border with Brazil. As gun crimes remain high, investigations have revealed that many of the guns being used are coming in from […]
By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2018
Crime, News
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has announced that as it continues to probe the discovery of close to 20 pounds of cocaine in frozen fish, it has released the porters who were held as part of the probe. However, the person listed as the shipper of the cocaine laden fish shipment, remains in custody. Six […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2018
Crime, News
Four Venezuelan nationals who admitted in Court today that they are sex workers, were fined $30,000 and ordered deported after admitting to illegally entering Guyana. The four Venezuelan nationals were identified today in Court as Mario Brito, Edis Herera, Yisneidi Sidian and Sindian Herera. They told the Court that they are all in their 20’s. […]
By News Source Guyana on February 6, 2018
Crime, News
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit announced tonight that seven persons were taken into custody for questioning following the discovery of cocaine in a shipment of frozen fish that was being prepared for export. The shipping company currently being investigated allegedly hails from the West Bank of Demerara, according to CANU. The drug enforcement body indicated […]
By News Source Guyana on February 6, 2018
Crime, News
Four men have been arrested and are being questioned for the murder of money changer, Shawn Nurse, who was shot dead on Sunday in America Street, here in Georgetown. In a statement this afternoon, the Guyana Police Force said detectives probing the murder arrested the four suspects for questioning. Additionally, a red Honda CG Motorcycle […]
By News Source Guyana on February 6, 2018
Crime, News
The businessman who was nabbed with a quantity of cocaine at his South Ruimveldt house by ranks of the Custom Anti-Narcotics Unit, was today remanded to jail. He made his first appearance before a City Magistrate and was charged for the offense of trafficking narcotics. 40-year-old, Collin Hooper denied the charges when he appeared before […]
By News Source Guyana on February 5, 2018
Crime, News
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning, a 17-year-old young man found himself before Magistrate Judy Latchman facing larceny charges. The youth, Chris Pollard allegedly stole his father’s Taurus pistol along with 9 live matching rounds on the 28th January, 2018. According to the Police report, the teenager usually spends time at his father’s house […]
By News Source Guyana on February 5, 2018
Crime, News
Police investigators are searching for an Enterprise, East Coast Demerara who allegedly chopped a Regional Engineer over late payment for completed construction works. The engineer, 67-year-old, Amaninauth Chinkan, is nursing chop wounds to his left arm that were inflicted by the contractor as the two argued over non-payment of money for completed works. The incident […]
By News Source Guyana on February 5, 2018
Crime, News
Police in Essequibo are searching for the ex-boyfriend of a teenage girl, who doused her and her current boyfriend with acid while they were asleep. The suspect’s name has been given as Kyle Goddette. He has been on the run since Saturday. There are reports that he was initially held by Police at Charity but […]