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A 49-year-old unlicensed driver from the lodge community lost his life yesterday morning when he lost control of the car he was driving and slammed into the side of a truck, flipping over in the process, before slamming into another car. Eyewitnesses said the man was speeding at the time. The dead man has been […]
The 28-year-old man who was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport after more than six pounds of cocaine was found in a bowl of fried rice in his suitcase has been remanded to prison on the drug trafficking charge. Berbice resident, Esmond Jermaine Anderson appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court on Monday to answer the […]
Former teacher at The Bishops’ High School, Coen Jackson was found not guilty on one of four charges related to alleged sexual activity with a child by abusing a position of trust. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on the other three similar charges with nine jurors voting not guilty while three jurors […]
Two taxi drivers were remanded to jail on Friday in connection with a liquified cocaine bust that has also implicated a Chinese national, who was charged separately. In Court on Friday, taxi drivers 41-year-old Bernard Persaud and 40-year-old Godfrey Neblette were remanded to prison after being accused of attempting to traffick more than 19 pounds […]
A Chinese national who allegedly attempted to ship more than 19 pounds of cocaine to China was charged and remanded to prison this morning on drug trafficking charges. Appearing in Court this morning, 25-year-old Wang Xiu Feng pleaded not guilty to the drug trafficking offenses as he appeared before the Chief Magistrate and entered his […]
The man who was wanted by the Police in connection with the gunning down of his son-in-law was arrested at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport on Sunday as he attempted to board a flight to Barbados with connections to the US. The suspect’s name has been given as Shurwayne Brandt. According to sources at […]
It must have been a special mixed fried rice that has landed a 28-year-old Berbician in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after 6.6 pounds of cocaine was discovered in a bowl of fried rice that the man was taking to the United States. On Saturday, CANU agents at the Cheddi Jagan Airport […]
Police investigators are probing the gunning down of an East La Penitence youth in the home of his girlfriend. The dead man has been identified as 21-year-old Leon Gittens. The incident occurred just before 2 ‘o clock this morning. According to reports, Gittens was at the East La Penitence home of his girlfriend in her […]
A Chinese national who was arrested earlier this week by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit following a drug bust is expected to appear in Court on Monday to face drug trafficking charges. The man was expected to appear before the Chief Magistrate today, but there was no Chinese interpreter available at the Court today, so […]
The husband and friend of the Yarrowkabra woman, Edith Rueben who was found hanging from a mango tree in her yard were today charged and remanded to jail for the woman’s murder. Appearing in Court today to face the indictable murder charge were the dead woman’s common-law husband, 41-year-old Dianand Lakhan and his friend, 36-year-old […]
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