By News Source Guyana on January 21, 2017
Crime, News
Sixty-three year old, South Ruimveldt resident, Dennis Jones, who was recently released from prison after serving a four year drug trafficking sentence, is back in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit facing new drug trafficking charges. Jones, who was also deported from the US for drug trafficking, was arrested last evening by CANU […]
By News Source Guyana on January 19, 2017
Crime, News
Police investigators are reviewing several surveillance recordings after a woman was robbed of $1 million and her driver shot to the leg by two bandits just outside the Jialing motorcycle store on Ornoque Street. The incident occurred just after 1:00pm on Thursday. The woman and the man driving the car pulled up outside the store […]
By News Source Guyana on January 19, 2017
Crime, News
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency Omar Shariff, who is on administrative leave, appeared in court today but left without charges being read to him as the Prosecution and Defence agreed to seek clarification about a high court matter involving Shariff. Shariff was in the courtroom with his Attorneys and Magistrate Fabayo Azore […]
By News Source Guyana on January 18, 2017
Crime, News, Politics
The Government of Guyana has declared an all out assault on human trafficking and will be stepping up measures to fight the scourge. With scores of Police officers, Diplomats, Government Officials and Administrators gathered at the Police Training College, the Government on Wednesday morning launched the National Plan of Action for the Prevention and Response […]
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
Crime, News
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
Crime, News
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
Crime, News
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
Crime, News
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
Crime, News
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 […]