Crime

Taxi driver in custody as cocaine in hammock probe continues

A Georgetown Taxi driver, who is a deportee, was arrested by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit as investigators continue to probe the attempt to smuggle cocaine soaked hammocks. News Source understands that the man was arrested after agents received information that he may have been one of two persons fingered by the young woman who […]

Suspect in armed robberies found murdered in Albouystown

Police investigators are this morning probing the execution style murder of East La Penitence resident and wanted man, Colin Daley, aka “Frog eye” and “Froggy”. The man’s lifeless body was found just after 1 o’clock Saturday morning with a single gunshot wound to the head in Albert Street, Albouystown. According to a Police statement, the […]

Plaisance businessman facing new cocaine trafficking charges following bust of ex-policeman

Two weeks after Police issued a wanted bulletin for him, the Plaisance businessman,who later turned himself in to the Police, was today remanded to prison, after being charged with cocaine trafficking. 27-year-old, Delvor Bunbury, stood before Magistrate Leron Daly and denied the allegation that on the 11th September at BelAir, he trafficked 1.828 kilograms of […]

$100,000 bail each for men charged with forging vehicle tint permit

Two staffers from the Ministry of Public Security, one from the Guyana Revenue Authority and another man, found themselves before a city magistrate yesterday charged with conspiring to commit a felony by forging documents for tint license. The four men, Danesh Dyal, Chatram Persaud, Richard Mohan and Hazel Mohamed all entered a plea of not […]

Berbice men remanded to jail for brutal murder of 13-year-old boy

With protesting members of the public shouting loudly that justice must be received in the matter, the two Berbice men accused of murdering 13-year-old, Leonard Archibald, appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court this morning and have been remanded to prison. 19-year-old, Omardai Christopher and 29-year-old, Hilary Edwards, were not required to enter a plea […]

Police probing reports of deadly attack on Cuyuni mining camp

The Guyana Police Force has dispatched an investigative team to the Cuyuni area following reports of a mining camp coming under attack by heavily armed gunmen, who may have entered the area from neighbouring Brazil. The incident reportedly took place late yesterday and Acting Crime Chief, Paul Williams, has explained to News Source that the […]