Crime

Two charged and remanded for harbouring wanted man

58-year-old Victoria Village resident, Wayne Summer, and 45-year-old Shawn Baynes of the same East Coast Demerara village, were charged and remanded to jail on Tuesday for harbouring attempted murder suspect, Dexter McDonald aka “Labba”. The two accused appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fabio Azore, and both pleaded not guilty to the charge. […]

Venezuelan held in Pomeroon with more than 10lbs cocaine

After arresting a Guyanese man in the Cummings Lodge area with a quantity of cocaine, CANU investigators traveled to the man’s home in the Lower Pomeroon river area, where a Venezuelan national was found in the house with just over 10 pounds of cocaine. During the Monday operation, the police arrested 35-year-old Venezuelan national, Oritz […]

Venezuelans among three held with cocaine in Cummings Lodge

Three persons, including two Venezuelan nationals, are facing drug trafficking charges after they were nabbed on Sunday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit with just over seven pounds of cocaine in their possession. A statement from CANU indicated that its ranks were conducting an operation in the Cummings Lodge area on the East Coast of Demerara […]

Guyanese Critic served with $1.2 Billion lawsuit filed by Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed; Judge issues gag order

Businessmen Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed have slapped social media commentator turned contractor, Mikhail Rodrigues also known as “Guyanese Critic” and his company “They Break News” with a $1.2 Billion defamation suit. In the two lawsuits, the Mohameds claim that Rodrigues at various times in February and March this year during his morning programme defamed […]

Dharamlall denies latest sexual assault allegations during Police interview at Cove and John

Executive Member of the People’s Progressive Party and former Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall, while being interrogated by the Police today on the latest sexual assault report made against him, repeatedly denied the allegations, which was made by a former employee of the Local Government Ministry. A report was filed last week by the former employee, […]