By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2016
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Convicted drug dealer, Barry Dataram, who has started to serve a 5 year jail sentence for cocaine possession, was back in court on Tuesday afternoon and was handed additional time in jail after pleading guilty to three additional charges in relation to his illegal departure from Guyana during his cocaine trial. Dressed in a khaki […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2016
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Police in the Berbice area are on the hunt for a Corentyne man who stabbed his ex-lover to death in a village shop at Ulverston, Corentyne, right in front of the shop-keeper. The murdered woman has been identified as 38-year-old Yansen Brusche. Reports from the area indicate that the woman, who worked at a school […]
By News Source Guyana on October 15, 2016
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The reputed wife of drug convict Barry Dataram was also using a false passport when she went on the run with him as their drug possession case neared an end in the Magistrates’ Court. While Dataram was using a passport with a false name that was issued in back in 2013, his reputed wife Anjanie […]
By News Source Guyana on October 15, 2016
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Convicted drug lord and recaptured fugitive Barry Dataram, was found in Suriname with a Guyana Passport that was issued to him in the name of David Persaud. The passport bears the image of Dataram but with the David Persaud name. The passport was issued on April 15, 2013 and appeared to have been issued in […]
By News Source Guyana on October 15, 2016
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The man who went on national tv to declare that he was indeed a drug lord during his cocaine possession court case, was handed over to Guyanese law enforcement on Saturday at Moleson Creek, Corentyne along with his wife, after being on the run for three weeks. Drug convict and self-confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram […]
By News Source Guyana on October 15, 2016
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A Guyanese man who travelled to the US from Guyana to pick up a more than 500 pound cocaine shipment in a container of fish, has been convicted and is now awaiting sentencing. The man, Heeralall Sukdeo who owned a New York based company that imports fish from Guyana was convicted Friday in Brooklyn Federal […]
By News Source Guyana on October 14, 2016
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Convicted and self-confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram and his reputed wife, Anjanie Boodnarine have been arrested in neighbouring Suriname, three weeks after they went on the run from local law enforcement. Surinamese Police on Friday informed local police and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit that they had nabbed the two hiding out in a house […]
By News Source Guyana on October 14, 2016
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An international law enforcement expert will be contracted to come to Guyana and assist the Ministry of Natural Resources in its efforts to interdict gold smugglers. Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman said the decision was taken following the observation of new trends which seem to suggest that there are attempts by some gold producers to […]
By News Source Guyana on October 13, 2016
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Police investigators in the mining town of Linden are probing the murder of Blueberry Hill, Wismar resident, 49-year-old Dillon Stellingburg. The man’s body was discovered this morning in his house with the throat slashed and a knife left stuck in the abdomen. According to reports, the body was discovered by a friend of the man, […]
By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2016
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Even as citizens continue to complain about the crime situation in the country, the Guyana Police Force is reporting that criminal activities are actually on the decline. In a statement on Wednesday, the Police Force said the month of September saw a 21/% decrease in serious crimes when compared to the same period in 2015. […]