Crime

Venezuelan man stabbed to death at Ruby backdam

Police investigators on the East Bank of Essequibo are probing the murder of a 24-year-old Venezuelan man. The dead man has been identified as Tony Birza. A police report of the incident said the man and his brother were heading to their home at Ruby Backdam early yesterday morning after a night out at a […]

SOCU fraud case against two Police Officers dismissed for lack of evidence

Two members of the Guyana Police Force who were charged earlier this year in connection with an alleged $19 Million fraud in the Force’s Finance Department were freed of the charges today after the Magistrate’s Court upheld their Attorneys’ no-case submission. Special Corporal Jenneka Carmichael and Constable Tatayana Smith were charged for allegedly deleting files […]

“Zipper” arrested in Campbellville cocaine bust

Three years after he was freed of a cocaine trafficking charge over insufficient evidence, businessman Andre Gomes aka “Zipper” has found himself again on the radar of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. Gomes was arrested on Tuesday night during an operation by CANU at a house in the Campbellville area. The operation unearthed two blocks […]

Republic Park man busted with $4.7M worth of marijuana

A 39-year-old man is in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after he was nabbed on Monday with more than 30 pounds of local and foreign marijuana in his car. CANU identified the suspect as Duvendra Sukhdeo of Republic Park, East Bank Demerara. CANU said based on information, it intercepted the motor car […]

Linden man on $250,000 bail for trafficking 10 lbs marijuana

Three days after three men were arrested during a CANU operation in Sophia, only one of the men has been charged for narco-trafficking. 31-year-old Roylon Adolph of Industrial Area, Linden was charged with trafficking over 10 pounds of marijuana in the Sophia area. CANU said the marijuana carries an estimated street value of $1.8 million. […]

Christmas Day murder accused pleads guilty to manslaughter

Almost four years after the Christmas Day murder of Sophia resident Celwyn Allen, the man accused of killing him admitted to the crime today in Court. 23-year-old Bevon Griffith aka ‘Spooney’ appeared in Court this morning for the start of the murder trial, but opted to enter a guilty plea to the lesser count of […]