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A 22-year-old man of Kuru Kururu on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, who was wrongfully arrested and jailed for 80 days, has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the State as compensation for his wrongful detention. On the 10th June last year, 22-year-old Terrence Sandy, was walking home when he was approached by a Police Van and questioned […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit carried out an operation in the Unity Hubu area in Parika this morning and discovered more than 120 pounds of marijuana during the search of a home. A statement from CANU explained that during the operation, several large bulky bags were noticed, and upon closer examination, the agents […]
The Guyana Police Force said it discovered a marijuana farm in the Upper Berbice River area earlier this week with more than 10 acres of marijuana plants in addition to already cultivated marijuana. The discovery was made during a joint operation with the Guyana Defence Force in the area. According to a statement from the […]
Police investigators in Linden have arrested the uncle of the five year old girl who was shot by a stray bullet while asleep in her bed. The Uncle lives in an adjoining apartment, and according to the Police, he admitted that while removing the magazine from a gun that he was keeping for a friend, […]
Police investigators in the mining town of Linden were called to the Linden Hospital today after a 5-year-old child was taken there with a bullet lodged in her throat. The child was reportedly shot by a stray bullet while asleep last evening at her Half Mile, Wismar home. According to a Police report, the girl’s […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority announced today that its Customs agents seized a large quantity of smuggled foreign chicken, cigarettes, and un-customed alcoholic beverages. The GRA said its Law Enforcement Investigations Division agents in a joint operation with the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) made the seizure at number 66. Village in Corentyne, Berbice. The seized items […]
The Auto and Construction industries along with electronics, have been dominating the list of complaints received by the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) over the past year. According to the Commission, it received 492 complaints against businesses last year, with a value of over $481.3 million. In a statement today, the CCAC said of […]
Popular race car driver and businessman, Mark Vieira, has revealed that he was forced to file a complaint with the Police Complaints Authority, over the Police Force’s “biased” investigation into a reported incident that occurred in November between him, and another speedster Maurice Menezes. In a statement, which was released through his Attorney Glen Hanoman, […]
by Svetlana Marshall The 2024 Law Year opened this morning with the launch of a Strategic Plan for the Judiciary, and announcements by the Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings, that a number of new Magisterial positions have been established by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). In her address at the Supreme Court […]
More than three weeks after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions recommended that popular race car driver and businessman Mark Vieira face five assault charges, the Guyana Police Force has not proceeded with the Court case and is silent on the matter. The investigation and recommendation charges stemmed from an incident between Vieira […]
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