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It was another weekend and another attempt to smuggle prohibited items into the Lusignan Prison. Acting Prison Director Gladwin Samuels has reported that just after 2:30pm on Sunday, a man who arrived at a checkpoint outside the prison to deliver clothes and footwear for a prisoner, ran from the area just as Prison security was […]
A 19-year-old woman is among four persons currently in custody following the break up of a cocaine pellet swallowing ring by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. The young woman was busted on Friday evening at the Cheddi Jagan Airport while she was preparing to board a New York bound flight. She was questioned and taken […]
While declaring his innocence in a robbery that he claimed he was forced to be the driver for two bandits, a West Coast Demerara taxi driver was today remanded to prison over the same robbery. The accused, Harry James appeared before Chief Magistrate,Ann McLennan and tried his best to secure but bail was denied and […]
Two weeks after a 12-member jury found Delon Henry aka Nasty Man guilty of murdering footballer Dexter Griffith, the Judge in the case handed down a 51 year jail sentence today. The murder took place in 2015. “Nasty Man”, who has also been fingered in a number of other crimes, waved to persons outside the […]
The Georgetown City Council is now reaching out to the owners of the L. Seepersaud Maraj and Sons Jewellery Store, days after a multi million dollar heist at the company’s Stabroek Market location. The Georgetown City Council manages the Stabroek Market and is in charge of its security through the City Constabulary. Today, Chief Constable […]
Police Investigators in the Berbice area are investigating the murder of a 40-year-old woman who was allegedly beaten to death by her 62-year-old reputed husband. The dead woman has been identified as Shabana Babita Ishack of 69 Rosignol, West Bank Berbice. The murder reportedly took place early this morning. The reputed husband has since been […]
A vendor who was charged back in February with two counts of armed robbery was today sentenced to ten years in jail. 22-year-old, Nicholas Smith stood quietly today as the sentence was handed down by a City Magistrate. During the trial, Smith called four witnesses to the stand, including his own mother, but the evidence […]
50-year-old Norton Street, Georgetown resident, Robin Marks was today charged with two counts of allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. The alleged child molester appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charges. The Court was told that back in February, the accused sexually assaulted […]
Five men are in custody and others are being investigated following the discovery of more than fifteen pounds of cocaine strapped to the bottom of a car that was inside a shipping bond compound at the Cheddi Jagan Airport. The vehicle had reportedly been used to ferry a shipment of ground provision and pumpkins to […]
A local cosmetologist who may have dabbled with powder than was not the foundation is in the hospital being forced to excrete cocaine pellets. The woman, 37-year-old Natasha Blair, was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on Monday night as she was preparing to board a New York bound flight. She was traveling with her […]
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