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At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, a 65-year-old woman and her 25-year-old son appeared before the Chief Magistrate to face marijuana possession charges. The two accused, Bernadette Robertson and her son, Coburn Robertson stood quietly before the Chief Magistrate as the charges were read to them. The Court heard that on the 15th February at […]
Two days after being busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport, a teenager and her mother appeared in Court and were charged and remanded for cocaine trafficking. 19-year-old Rachel Narine, and her mother, Kavita Persaud both appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and were charged for the trafficking of close to six pounds of cocaine through […]
As the Government moves ahead with a Security Sector Seform Plan, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes the President David Granger led administration ought to be paying more attention to the realities of crime and not just the statistics being provided. Recent statistics provided by the Guyana Police Force indicate a decrease in overall criminal activity […]
As the Guyana Police Force continues to break up the carjacking gang that is suspected to be behind the theft of scores of cars and car parts, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan has revealed that the ex-policemen who have been arrested as part of the probe, appeared to have served as advisors to the […]
Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud is getting ready to head off into retirement. He will proceed on pre-retirement leave in the coming weeks. Mr. Persaud has served the Guyana Police Force for over thirty years, holding several key positions before reaching the very top of the Force. At his final address as Commissioner to the Police […]
With Senior Police Officers paying keen attention, President David Granger used his address to the opening of the annual Police Officers’ Conference to make clear his dissatisfaction with the way the Force is addressing corruption among its ranks. The President told those gathered that corruption must be tackled from the very top and throughout the […]
With close to six pounds of cocaine neatly packed in her hand bag, a 19-year old woman from the East Coast of Demerara, was held today at the Cheddi Jagan Airport after being found with the illegal substance. The young woman was preparing to board a New York bound flight when the bust took place. […]
The small Linden/Soesdyke Highway village of Kuru Kururu is appearing to be the hotbed and final stop for stolen and hijacked vehicles. Just hours after announcing that an early Tuesday morning raid had uncovered several stolen vehicles and car parts, Police investigators returned to the area on Tuesday night and found two more stolen cars […]
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, 24-year-old labourer Kerwin DeSantos and George Hope, who is also 24-years-old, were remanded to jail after being charged with the murder of America Street money changer, Shawn Nurse aka Fabulous. The money changer was shot dead two Sundays ago during a robbery on America Street. Surveillance video recordings aided […]
Six more persons were arrested this morning as part of a carjacking probe as Police investigators carried out a pre-dawn raid at Kuru Kururu on the Linden Soesdyke Highway. The operation got started just after 3 this morning and investigators found two motorcars along with a canter truck loaded with a shell of a silver […]
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