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A popular Corentyne businessman is on the run this morning after his wife was arrested following the discovery of a bullet proof vest and and a quantity of counterfeit US currency. Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit are searching for businessman Mool “Rakesh” Maniram. The wife, Reshma Maniram remains in custody. The man went […]
A 59-year-old security guard was today remanded to prison after he was charged with being in possession of 18 grams of cocaine. The Court was today told that security guard, Colin Thompson, was arrested on the 25th January after he was nabbed with the illegal substance during a routine search at a check point. The […]
An 18-year-old, Port Kaituma man made his first appearance in Court today and admitted to stealing rum, beers, energy drinks and escaping Police custody. The accused, Shawn Cornelius told the Court that he was “high” under the influence of alcohol when he committed the crimes. The court heard that between the 21st and 22nd January, […]
The Guyana Police Force is reporting that the post-mortem examination on the body of the man who was found late Saturday night on an East Coast road, has found that his injuries are consistent with a vehicular accident. The 20-year-old Hemchand Dalchand, was last seen by loved ones early Saturday night when he left his […]
An East Bank Demerara man from the community of Herstelling is nursing two gunshot wounds after he was shot by a Policeman he attacked on Friday morning. The Policeman is also in the hospital nursing chop wounds that he sustained after coming under attack by the man. According to a Police report, ranks were called […]
Brazilian Prison escapee, Roger Batalha Rodrigues, has been recaptured in the bordering town of Lethem by members of the Mounted Branch of the Guyana Police Force. In a statement, the Police said that some of the ranks of the Mounted Branch stationed in Lethem, were on patrol yesterday in the Takatu River area, when they […]
In a statement more than 24 hours after it locked down its headquarters during a move by the High Court to levy on its assets, the New Building Society Limited (NBS) is now claiming that security concerns forced its decision to lock down the building. The bank is also claiming that it plans to “safeguard” […]
Two Guyanese nationals are among the latest group of persons rounded up by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the New York area. In a statement, ICE identified the two Guyanese as a 23-year-old man, with convictions for harassment and driving while ability impaired, and a 46-year-old woman who has convictions for […]
Police investigators are trying to reach a number of persons who were trapped in the New Building Society headquarters yesterday, as the bank locked its doors during that levy standoff that went on for over two hours. Several customers who were allowed to leave through the back of the building before the standoff ended, left […]
Two young men died on the spot just before midnight on Tuesday at Cornelia Ida on the West Coast of Demerara in another tragic accident. The two were passengers in the Toyota Premio motor car, when the driver lost control and slammed into a utility pole. The vehicle flipped several times after slamming into the […]
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