By News Source Guyana on August 27, 2016
Crime, News
A 15-year-old Guyanese born, U.S resident was held at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Friday evening after agents of the Police Narcotics Branch discovered just over 2 pounds of cocaine in the handles of his suitcases. The boy was about to board an Eastern Airlines flight back to the United States after spending his […]
By News Source Guyana on August 26, 2016
Crime, News
A preliminary review of the infamous 1993 Monica Reece murder investigation has found that “an unprofessional course of action was taken in the investigation”, at the time. That’s according to Acting Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine. Ramnarine told members of the media on Friday that it is clear to him that at the time of the initial […]
By News Source Guyana on August 26, 2016
Crime, News
Almost a week after a USAID assessment recommended significant reforms for the Guyana Police Police Force, Acting Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine, has challenged aspects of the assessment, which he believes do not take into account the changes that have taken place within the force in recent months. It was made clear by USAID that the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 26, 2016
Crime, News
Police investigators have arrested two men after a quantity of cocaine was found in a vehicle that the men were in. The names of the two men have not been released, but investigators are preparing to file drug trafficking charges against them. According to a Police statement, law enforcement officers were acting on information on […]
By News Source Guyana on August 25, 2016
Crime
The second man who was severely beaten by residents of North Ruimveldt after he and his alleged accomplice Patrick Goodluck attempted to rob a resident from the community, was on Wednesday remanded to prison. Twenty one-year-old Collis Amos of Sophia appeared before by Magistrate Judy Latchman and pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempting […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2016
Crime, News
A Tucville homeowner who is a licensed firearm holder, is claiming that he fired at least six shots into a car that turned onto his bridge because he feared that the occupants were coming to rob him. When he stopped shooting, the young driver of the car was dead and his girlfriend was badly injured […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2016
Crime, News
The prime suspect in the murder of 14-year-old Ann’s Grove resident, Malika Hamilton, was on Tuesday charged and remanded to prison when he made his first appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court. Twenty-nine-year-old Alvin ‘Satan’ Reid who works in the interior as a miner, was not required to plead to the indictable charge when it […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2016
Crime, News
A suspect is in custody in the Berbice area as police investigators probe the murder of a 14 year old Corentyne boy. The body of the teen, who has been identified as Akeem Grimmond, was found Monday afternoon in the Corentyne burial ground, which is located a short distance away from his #61 village home. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 22, 2016
Crime, News
In the Berbice area, a bandit was shot dead by one of his accomplices during a robbery early yesterday morning in the edinburg village. The dead bandit has been identified as Odan Sunil Lallbeharry of east Canje, Berbice. According to reports, Lallbeharry and 4 other bandits barged into the home of a businessman, held him […]
By News Source Guyana on August 21, 2016
Crime, News
Investigations have been launched by the Police into the shooting death of a 21-year-old Land of Canaan man, Seon Clarke. Clarke was shot dead and his friend was badly beaten by a group of residents from the Pearl community late on Saturday night. According to a Police statement, earlier in the day, the two young […]