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There has been no ministerial, government or political intervention in the ongoing investigations by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) into the acquisition of lands at Pradoville by high ranking officials under the PPP government. This was according to Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan at a recent Transparency International Institute Guyana (TIGI) fund-raising dinner. […]
Police Divisional Commander for C’ Division, Assistant Commissioner, Leslie James, has indicated to News Source that police investigators are actively probing the case of the two Georgetown men who were accosted and beaten by a group of persons in the Canal #1 area after being accused of being thieves. The two men, Vernon Beckles and […]
Two years after the brutal murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing at the height of the run up to the 2015 general elections, his father Eustace Harcourt is calling for justice to be served. Crum-Ewing, who was a fierce critic of the former PPP government, was gunned down in the Diamond community as he used […]
Two persons have been arrested by the Police following the discovery of an AK-47 rifle and a .223 Ruger rifle. The two high-powered weapons were found wrapped in plastic garbage bags and hidden in the corner of a trench on the West Coast of Demerara. Ranks from the Major Crime Unit of the CID Headquarters […]
A Meten-meer-zorg, West Coast Demerara businessman is in the custody of the Guyana Police Force after he was found this afternoon with two high powered weapons at his residence. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed the arrest of the businessman to News Source and said the weapons found, were an AK-47 and an M-70 rifle. Two […]
56-year-old businessman and owner of Micro Business Developers and Consultancy Company, Clayton Allen, was placed on $400,000 bail today after being slapped with fraud charges. The Georgetown businessman appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning, where it was alleged that he used a forged Republic Bank Manager’s cheque to pay for six vehicles that he […]
Former Minister of Natural Resources under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Robert Persaud has indicated that based on legal advice, he may be willing to settle the Pradoville Two land acquisition issue with regards to him. Mr. Persaud, who was questioned on Tuesday as the Special Organised Crime Unit continued its probe into the Pradoville Two […]
The Guyana Police Force on Thursday confirmed that the Police Corporal at the centre of an AK-47 smuggling probe is on the run. The Police officer has been identified as Shevon Marks. According to a statement from the Police Force, Corporal Marks was under confinement at the Brickdam Police Station “but has since escaped and […]
Police investigators have arrested two relatives of an overseas based Guyanese man who was robbed just after his arrival in the country on Tuesday night. The man, Ganesh Looknauth, was accosted by the bandits as he was about to shut the gate to his Unity, East Coast Demerara house. The armed men who had their […]
He came for a vacation, but must have loved the sweet chirping of the local birds. Now, a Canadian based Guyanese man has been convicted of bird smuggling and is finding out that a bird in the hand, could get you caged. 56-year-old Davendra Narine was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on March 2nd, […]
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