By News Source Guyana on August 31, 2021
Crime, News
Police investigators in Region One have arrested a Venezuelan national who was found with two unlicensed shotguns in his possession in North-West District on Monday. According to a Police statement, the man, Elvis Bortolo Pacheco was spotted by ranks along an access trail and further investigations revealed that he had a 12-gauge shotgun and a […]
By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2021
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Police investigators are probing the Sunday night murder of a pastry vendor at Onderneeming Sandpit on the Essequibo Coast. The 39-year-old man, identified as Dexter Prince aka Rasta, was selling pastries from the back of a mini-bus along with another man when they were attacked by two bandits. One of the bandits opened fire during […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2021
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The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit has issued a wanted bulletin for Cummings Lodge resident, Dexter Morris aka Dexter Moore and DJ Bajan in connection with Friday’s 540-pound marijuana bust. In a statement, CANU is asking for anyone who may know his whereabouts to contact the CANU Headquarters on telephone numbers 227-3507 or 226-0431. The marijuana bust […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2021
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A well-loved and respected religious leader in the Berbice area, Pandit Rishi Bharrat was beaten to death on Saturday night after asking a group of men who were gathered outside his yard to lower their music. Police Commander in the Berbice area, Senior Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan told News Source this morning that 10 suspects have […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2021
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A joint operation between the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit and the Guyana Police Force has resulted in the seizure of 540 pounds of marijuana and the arrest of two suspects. Details on the identity of the two suspects have not been released. The bust took place on Friday in Campbell Avenue in Georgetown. A report […]
By News Source Guyana on August 25, 2021
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Police have arrested three men, ages 24, 37 and 42, as they continue their probe into the alleged theft of several medical equipment and blank COVID-19 vaccination books from the Health Ministry. The police said two alarms were raised by a nurse attached to the Vreed-en-Hoop Health Centre when two of the suspects approached her […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2021
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The mother-in-law of a Sophia man who was found murdered last Sunday morning and three other persons were today remanded to jail for the man’s death. 24-year-old Keon McPherson who lived in D’ Field Sophia was discovered dead in a yard at C’ Field Sophia early Sunday morning. A post-mortem examination found gunshot wounds and […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2021
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An 18-year-old man was stabbed to death at Swan Village along the Linden/Soesdyke highway on Saturday night during a drunken fight with one of his friends. Investigators have identified the dead man as Roy Boston. A police report revealed that late on Saturday night, Boston and a group of friends were at a bar in […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2021
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Four persons are expected in Court this week to face murder charges in relation to the death of Sophia youth Keon Mcpherson. The D’ Field Sophia man was found murdered last Sunday morning in a yard at C’ Field Sophia. In a statement, the Police said the Director of Public Prosecutions has advised that murder […]
By News Source Guyana on August 20, 2021
Crime, News
The wife of accused Ponzi scheme operator Yuri Garcia Dominguez who is also facing fraud charges was today charged for falsifying a Coronovirus test result. The woman Ateeka Ishmael appeared in Court today and pleaded not guilty to the charge of falsifying the COVID test result. She is alleged to have provided a false test […]