By News Source Guyana on January 16, 2017
Crime, News
(NY Daily News) A man sought for shooting a 31-year-old (Guyanese) man to death during a robbery in Queens — marking the first homicide of the new year — was behind bars Saturday after being tracked to Pennsylvania, officials said. Members of the Pocono Mountain Regional Police picked up Dreshaun Smith, 22, in Monroe County […]
By News Source Guyana on January 16, 2017
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A 45 year old Guyanese man who lives in the United States is the latest drug mule to be caught in Guyana. The construction worker who reportedly resides in the Brooklyn area and is a U.S permanent resident, was arrested on Saturday at the Cheddi Jagan airport as he prepared to board a New York […]
By News Source Guyana on January 13, 2017
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Nine persons have been taken into Police custody following the discovery of 180 ecstasy pills and 16 live rounds in a house in the Rasville community in Georgetown. The Police Force in a statement said ranks carried out an early morning search in several apartments in the community and effected the arrests after the illegal […]
By News Source Guyana on January 12, 2017
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Police investigators are probing the discovery of a high-powered .45 rifle in an East La Penitence house. A 28-year-old man, whose occupation was given as a technician, has been arrested as the probe gets underway. In addition to the rifle, police investigators also found one live round 9mm ammunition along with several ecstasy tablets. The […]
By News Source Guyana on January 11, 2017
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Two suspected bandits were on Tuesday afternoon caught by police after they allegedly robbed a fruit and vegetable stand on North Road, Bourda at approximately 5:30pm. According to reports, the two young men went into Bharrat’s Fresh Vegetables stand where one of them whipped out a gun and demanded a female worker to take off […]
By News Source Guyana on January 10, 2017
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Three persons have been taken into custody for questioning as Police investigators continue their probe into reports of a shooting incident that is believed to have taken place in the Privilege nightclub on Main Street. Commander of the A’ Division of the Guyana Police Force, Asst. Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken, confirmed the arrests to News […]
By News Source Guyana on January 4, 2017
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As the local drug enforcement agencies prepare to step up their monitoring of airports and other border crossings, a Guyanese woman has become the first drug mule to be busted in the new year. The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit on Wednesday morning, busted 24 year old, Clarabel Thompson with close to 10 pounds of cocaine […]
By News Source Guyana on January 2, 2017
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(NY Daily News) He came for a funeral — but died over a gold chain. In the first homicide of the new year, a gunman killed a 31-year-old man here from Guyana for his grandmother’s funeral during an attempted robbery, his family said Monday. The gunman also shot Ricky Kalisaran’s brother, Sunny Kalisaran, 24, […]
By News Source Guyana on January 2, 2017
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Two persons are in the custody of the Guyana Police Force “assisting the Police with their investigations” into the murder of two businessmen at Friendship. Police A’ Division Commander, Asst. Commissioner Clifton Hicken made the confirmation to News Source on Monday afternoon. Mr. Hicken said he believes the Police investigators will be able to crack […]
By News Source Guyana on December 29, 2016
Crime, News
In the mining community, Police investigators have traveled to an area called Chinese Creek backdam in the Mazaruni river, where a Brazilian miner was murdered on Wednesday. The dead man’s name has been given as Francisco Oliveria Da Conceicao. He was 33 years old and owned a dredge in the area. Initial investigations have revealed […]