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The British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn is making it clear that the British Financial Crimes Expert, Dr. Sam Sittlington, is at the local Special Organised Crime Unit in an advisory and training capacity and not in an operational role. The High Commissioner’s comments come in wake of Opposition claims that Sittlington is involved […]
A Meten-meer-zorg, West Coast Demerara businessman is in the custody of the Guyana Police Force after he was found this afternoon with two high powered weapons at his residence. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed the arrest of the businessman to News Source and said the weapons found, were an AK-47 and an M-70 rifle. Two […]
56-year-old businessman and owner of Micro Business Developers and Consultancy Company, Clayton Allen, was placed on $400,000 bail today after being slapped with fraud charges. The Georgetown businessman appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning, where it was alleged that he used a forged Republic Bank Manager’s cheque to pay for six vehicles that he […]
Former Minister of Natural Resources under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Robert Persaud has indicated that based on legal advice, he may be willing to settle the Pradoville Two land acquisition issue with regards to him. Mr. Persaud, who was questioned on Tuesday as the Special Organised Crime Unit continued its probe into the Pradoville Two […]
The Guyana Police Force on Thursday confirmed that the Police Corporal at the centre of an AK-47 smuggling probe is on the run. The Police officer has been identified as Shevon Marks. According to a statement from the Police Force, Corporal Marks was under confinement at the Brickdam Police Station “but has since escaped and […]
Police investigators have arrested two relatives of an overseas based Guyanese man who was robbed just after his arrival in the country on Tuesday night. The man, Ganesh Looknauth, was accosted by the bandits as he was about to shut the gate to his Unity, East Coast Demerara house. The armed men who had their […]
President David Granger and Opposition Leader, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, today met for the second time in just over a week to discuss the appointment of a new chairperson for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). In a brief comment after the meeting, Minister Harmon disclosed Mr. Jagdeo requested clarification with respect to the qualities of the […]
The British Financial Crimes expert who is advising the Special Organised Crime Unit has defended the unit’s decision to arrest a number of former PPP former government officials and question them about the Pradoville Two land acquisition scandal. The Financial Crimes expert, Dr. Sam Sittlington, told journalists today that the Police Force, under which SOCU […]
Former Prime Minister of Guyana, Samuel Hinds, who also briefly served as President, appeared before investigators of the Special Organised Crime Unit today, as the unit continued with its probe of the Pradoville Two land acquisition scandal involving cabinet members and other officials of the former government. Mr. Hinds was not arrested but was invited […]
He came for a vacation, but must have loved the sweet chirping of the local birds. Now, a Canadian based Guyanese man has been convicted of bird smuggling and is finding out that a bird in the hand, could get you caged. 56-year-old Davendra Narine was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on March 2nd, […]
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