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A 42-year-old businesswoman from Amelia’s Ward, Linden was arrested early this morning after Police investigators found three 9mm pistols with nine .32 rounds of ammunition, as well as marijuana leaves, seeds and stems. A 36-year-old driver was also arrested. In a statement, the Police said its ranks visited a residence in Central Amelia’s Ward based […]
President Irfaan Ali today urged Officers of the Guyana Defence Force and the wider Joint Services to urgently address issues of capacity and capability, explaining that the nature of the country’s defence mandate and architecture is changing. Addressing the opening of the GDF Officers’ Conference this morning, the President said the National Defence mandate is […]
After a failed attempt by one of the Attorneys for Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed to get an adjournment in their extradition matter before the Court, the case continued before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman this morning at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sharon Roopchand, returned to the witness box […]
Acting Chief Justice Navindra Singh has dismissed one of the two cases filed by the Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed in the High Court challenging the ongoing extradition proceedings against them in the Magistrates’ Court. In a ruling yesterday, Justice Singh rejected the claims by the Mohameds that state officials acted with political bias by signing […]
Four crew members were found dead on a local cargo vessel at a Water Street wharf last evening and it is suspected that they may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The four men were found in the engine room of the vessel on a lower section of the vessel. The discovery of the bodies […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has issued a warning over the online advertising and sale of small, cartoon-themed ziploc packaging that is associated with the sale and distribution of marijuana and synthetic drugs. In a statement CANU said the packaging is widely recognised by law enforcement as drug paraphernalia used in street-level drug distribution. The […]
Almost a week since the partially burnt body of well known Rupununi tour guide, Leon Baird, was found in a car along the eastern bank of the Rupununi River in South Rupununi, his villagers and many others who knew him are not pleased with the pace of the Police investigations. A number of persons, who […]
A 28-year-old labourer from Diamond Housing Scheme on the East Bank of Demerara was today charged with causing the death of Chemist and Distillery Plant Manager, Jason Bhojedat by dangerous driving. The accused, Shawn Sargeant, appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court this morning where the charge was read to him and he was not required […]
Linden businessman, Ron Singh, wants the Guyana Police Force to explain why it has issued a wanted bulletin for the man who saved his life by pulling him aside during a drive-by shooting incident, while ignoring the actual person who was identified as the shooter. In a video statement on Facebook book today after the […]
Dutch businessman, Vitesh Guptar, who won an extradition hearing back in 2024 after being found in Guyana, has indicated through his Attorney that he never struck any agreement with the Italian authorities causing the extradition request to be dropped. He denied the statement recently made by Attorney General Anil Nandlall that the extradition request was […]
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