By News Source Guyana on September 21, 2022
Crime, News
Berbice resident Andrew Samuel Sealey has been taken into custody by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit after he was busted on Tuesday with more than three and a half kilograms of marijuana in his possession. The 29-year-old man was arrested in New Amsterdam with a large bag carrying five parcels of marijuana. The man and his […]
By News Source Guyana on September 21, 2022
Crime, News
Although criminal charges were filed by the Police over the theft of $400 million worth of raw gold from a Mahaica home by a construction worker and the involvement of others in its sale, the Police Force has shielded the identity of the virtual complainant in the matter. Senior officials of the Police Force have […]
By News Source Guyana on September 21, 2022
Crime, News
An early morning row in the East Coast Demerara village of Ann’s Grove has left a 21-year-old young man and his father dead in a case of murder-suicide. The father’s reputed wife is currently hospitalised in a critical condition. According to reports, the father, Leon Bobb began his rampage by attacking his son Seon Scott […]
By News Source Guyana on September 20, 2022
Crime, News
More than nine months after more than $400 million worth of raw gold was stolen from a Mahaica businesswoman, the Major Crimes Unit of the Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation. Two persons were charged today in connection with the heist. In a statement this afternoon, the Police Force confirmed the arrest of a […]
By News Source Guyana on September 20, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
As Guyana wages a war on drugs, 28 drug traffickers have been convicted for a number of drug-related offences so far for this year while more than 60 persons have been charged during the first-half of 2022. In the mid-year report of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), it was noted that during the second quarter […]
By News Source Guyana on September 20, 2022
Crime, News
28-year-old taxi driver Troy Griffith of Mocha Arcadia was remanded to jail on Monday after being charged with the murder of another taxi driver, 41-year-old Quincy Weekes. Griffith appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court where the indictable charge was read to him. He was not allowed to enter a plea to the charge which stated […]
By News Source Guyana on September 20, 2022
Crime, News
Three men and a teenager were arrested on Saturday during a Joint Services operation in the Berbice riverain community of DeVeldt that unearthed a large marijuana farm. During the operation, the members of the Joint Services discovered over six acres of marijuana plants being cultivated. The Police said more than 15,000 marijuana plants and over […]
By News Source Guyana on September 16, 2022
Crime, News
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit have arrested a 59-year-old woman from Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara after she was busted with more than 24 pounds of cocaine in several biscuit packets. The suspect, Unique Sunshine London, was an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Wednesday destined for the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 15, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
A cleaner who worked at the GTT Giftland Store and five others were remanded to jail today for last Thursday night’s armed robbery at the store. 25-year-old cleaner Andrea Dover, 30-year-old Piercy Roberts, 27-year-old Ashley Mansfield, 24-year-old Jamal Haley, 24-year-old Ryan Goodluck and 39-year-old Osman Brummel all appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates Court today where […]
By News Source Guyana on September 15, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Senior Counsel Shalimar Ali-Hack has stepped in and discontinued the private cyber crime charge that was filed against Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum over statements he made at a press conference against Police Detective Dion Bascom. In a statement, the Guyana Police Force said the DPP’s decision was conveyed to the […]