By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2017
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Police Commissioner (ag) David Ramnarine, has confirmed to News Source that the Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility has been called in to probe a case of missing cocaine evidence from the Police Narcotics Branch. He said the cocaine was discovered missing on Tuesday and a full probe is underway. The acting Top Cop said […]
By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2017
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The Guyhoc woman who was caught on camera posting a package that contained cocaine soaked hammocks, has surrendered to the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. In a statement, CANU announced that 26-year-old, Tiffini Collison, surrendered to its investigators in the presence of an Attorney. She was wanted for questioning after she allegedly posted 4 hammocks that […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2017
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Just when you thought you have heard and seen it all when it comes to the efforts of Guyanese to send cocaine out of the country, the latest drug bust by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit may prove to be a new swing in the drug trafficking arena. On Monday, CANU announced that it is […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2017
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The Guyana Police Force has announced that there are two other persons in custody for the Saturday night robbery of and murder of a Berbice businessman. The first suspect was arrested early Sunday morning. The businessman, 58-year-old, Fazal Shaheed of Albion Berbice, was meeting with his brothers to plan a memorial service for their father, when […]
By News Source Guyana on September 24, 2017
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Police investigators are probing a deadly robbery in the East La Penitence area, which left one man dead and two of his brothers nursing gunshot wounds. According to a Police report, 58-year-old, Fazal Shaheed of Albion Berbice, was meeting with his brothers last night at an East La Penitence home, when two armed men gained […]
By News Source Guyana on September 23, 2017
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Six days after he went missing, the body of 13-year-old Leonard Archibald, has been found. In a statement this afternoon, the Guyana Police Force announced that the murdered teen’s body was found on a mudflat at Korthberaadt River, which is located about three miles from Brothers Village, East Bank Berbice. The teen was reported missing […]
By News Source Guyana on September 23, 2017
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The Guyana Police Force has confirmed that it has two men in custody for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old boy from East Bank Berbice. The teenager’s body is still to be recovered but the two men have admitted to dumping the lad’s body in the Berbice river after they sodomised him into an […]
By News Source Guyana on September 23, 2017
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A week after he was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with four pounds of cocaine in his luggage, Linden resident and former Policeman, Travis Mendonca was sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to drug trafficking. The 31-year-old man, who was earlier this year deported from Trinidad and Tobago, was getting ready […]
By News Source Guyana on September 22, 2017
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Following years of protest, it appears as though Sweeper/cleaners can finally look forward to better working conditions and remuneration, as the Government is moving to regularise their employment as Public Servants. Sweeper/cleaners are a category of workers employed by the Ministry of Education to maintain a clean and healthy environment in public schools. State Minister […]
By News Source Guyana on September 21, 2017
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Fifty-nine year-old Seeta Rampersaud opted not to waste the Court’s time and pleaded guilty to trafficking more than five pounds of cocaine. She was sentenced to four years in jail and fined $6.2 million. Rampersaud was preparing to board a New York bound flight on September 18, 2017, when agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics […]