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Drug trafficking charge against businessman dismissed
A drug trafficking charge against businessman Gavin Blackman was on Friday dismissed by Magistrate Faith McGusty due to a lack of evidence.
Blackman’s lawyer, Siand Dhurjon, issued a release on the ruling.
Blackman was charged by the…
Taxi driver, 27, arrested after robbing two women
Quincy Barker, a 27-year-old taxi driver of Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was arrested on Friday, about two weeks after he attacked and robbed two women.
Police Headquarters reported that Barker robbed the women- Maria Rodriquez…
Diamond businessman, wife robbed of $6M
Wange Wi, a 32-year-old Chinese businessman of Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), and his 31-year-old wife were held at gunpoint during a robbery early Saturday morning.
Police Headquarters reported that the businessman was…
$17M worth of ganja found at Crabwood Creek
Officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) found several packages of cannabis, amounting to 57.6 kilogrammes (or 127 pounds), in the vicinity of Sea Dam, Crabwood Creek, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) on Saturday.
A CANU…
Man, 31, badly injured after altercation, Police on the hunt for suspect
Devon Williams, a 31-year-old resident of Falls Top Village in Region One (Barima- Waini), is receiving much-needed medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was wounded with a bow and arrow during a spat on Wednesday…
Labourer drowns at Golden Fleece
A labourer who was cleaning a trench aback Golden Fleece in Region Two (Pomeroon- Supenaam) drowned on Saturday.
Dead is Lakeram Bishnue. He is a father of two who resided at Perseverance, Region Two.
The News Room understands that he…
CANU seized nearly 1,500 lbs of drugs worth $213M at half-year
The Customs Anti- Narcotic Unit (CANU) seized 667.4 kilogrammes (or about 1,471 pounds) of various narcotics between January and June of this year, based on statistics detailed in its mid-year report.
And those narcotics, altogether,…
Missing Soesdyke man found dead
A 56-year-old man who was reported missing for three days, was found dead on Friday morning near a farm in the vicinity of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.
Dead is Barry Outar of Sand Road, Soesdyke. The News Room understands that he left…
Mahaica man busted with $1.3M in cocaine
Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Thursday arrested a 52-year-old man following the discovery of 2.7 lbs of cocaine at Belmont squatting area, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.
A press release from CANU noted that its ranks…
Prison officer allegedly caught with ganja remanded to prison
Twenty-six-year-old Keifer Lindore of Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, charged with the illegal possession of 108 grams of cannabis.
Lindore, a prison officer who is attached…