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Police investigators on the West Demerara are probing the deaths of a 56-year-old woman and her 69-year-old husband in a reported murder-suicide case. The incident took place on Sunday. A Police statement this morning said 56-year-old Sarah Bacchus-Arjoon of Recht-Door-Zee was discovered murdered in her home by her 13-year-old daughter. The woman was found with […]
Four days before her 66th birthday, Georgetown resident, Lena Narine, was sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty of trafficking 25 pounds of cocaine. She was charged in March 2022 after the large quantity of cocaine was found by CANU agents at her Prashad Nagar home. Three other persons who were charged […]
Police Investigators have traveled to the Upper Demerara River community of 33 Miles, Kurupukari to probe the murder of businessman Johnny Ragubeer. The man reportedly operated a grocery shop in the area and was found dead on Tuesday, a short distance away from his shop. In a statement, the Police said the body was discovered […]
Police investigators are probing another fatal road accident. According to a Police report, 27-year-old driver Shemroy Henry of Belmont, Mahaicony lost his life on Tuesday night when he reportedly lost control of his car. The Police statement said Henry was driving his car at a fast rate with three passengers along the Cottage, Mahaicony Public […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that the Government intends to launch a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the crime wave that rocked the nation in the early 2000s. The announcement came days after the Government was grilled by the UN Human Rights Committee on its failure to launch an inquiry into the crime wave, […]
A 51-year-old man from Uitvlugt on the West Coast of Demerara lost his life early this morning when he was hit down by a mini-bus while standing on the side of the roadway. The dead man has been identified as Nicholas Khelawon. The accident occured just after 3 o’clock this morning along the Public Road […]
Two Venezuelan nationals, who were held on Friday in a “go-fast” boat with just over 1,100 pounds of cocaine, have been charged and remanded to jail. The two men, Jose Felix Lindore and Javier Perez, appeared at the Leonora Magistrates’ Court where the drug trafficking charges were read to them. Both suspects pleaded not guilty […]
A row between two prisoners at the Lusignan jail turned deadly on Saturday when one of the prisoners, Anthony Prince was stabbed to death by another prisoner, who has been identified as Shamar David. In a statement, the Prison Service explained that on Saturday afternoon, the men were making jokes about each other’s girlfriends when […]
Two men have been placed in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after they held with more than 1100 pounds of cocaine in a Go-Fast Boat during a joint operation between the GDF Coast Guard and CANU. In a statement, CANU explained that the operation took place on Friday at Vergenoegen, in the […]
The Guyana Police Force is seeking to gather information on the detention and questioning of the Head of the Major Crimes Unit of the Guyana Police Force, Superintendent Mitchell Caesar, by US Law Enforcement agents recently. There are reports that Caesar, who was part of a Guyana Police Force contingent that participated in a training […]
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