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Arrest made in GTT cable theft
An individual was on Wednesday arrested at Pasha’s Scrap Yard in Albouystown in connection with the theft of cable belonging to the Guyana Telephone Telegraph (GTT). According to a statement from the telephone company, GTT security and law…
Tearful Granny jailed, fined $6.2M for cocaine possession
A 59-year-old woman was this morning sentenced to four years in jail and fined $6.2M for trafficking cocaine in a false section of her suitcase. Seeta Rampersaud appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrate's…
Venezuelan woman fined, deported for entering Guyana illegally
A 27-year-old Venezuelan national, who was recently nabbed at the Itaballi Police Checkpoint was on Wednesday fined and deported for entering Guyana illegally. Roxanne Torres Aregas appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the…
6 months jail for man who damaged State Minister’s property
A 30-year-old man was on Wednesday sentenced to six months imprisonment for damaging a property belonging to State Minister, Joseph Harmon. Samuel Greene, who was the caretaker of the property, appeared before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore…
Duo charged with embezzling money from employers
Two former employees of Central Electronics were charged jointly with a series of embezzlement offences when they appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Devika Ramkaran, a 20-year-old…
Police accused of planting ‘ganja’ on teen
By Leroy Smith A Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara family is fuming after an 18-year-old male was remanded to prison on Tuesday for the illegal possession of narcotics. The police alleged that more than 30 grams of marijuana were found in a…
Six robbed in Mocha, suspect arrested
A 27-year-old man has been arrested for an armed street robbery committed on six persons on Tuesday, at Second Bridge, Mocha, East Bank Demerara (E.B.D.) According to the Guyana Police Force, the unemployed man, Dillion Joel Dublinof 96…
Two in custody as teenage boy goes missing
The police in ‘B’ Division are investigating the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a teenager, who went missing on Saturday, September 16, 2017. The teen has been identified as 13-year-old Leonard Archibald of Brothers Village,…
Fire erupts at Queen’s College
A small fire on Wednesday morning began in the Upper sixth classroom of Queen’s College. The fire began in the classroom located on the top floor of the eastern wing at around 08:30 hours. Information reaching News Room said students saw…
Man killed in hit and run accident
An early morning accident on the Meten-Meer-Zorg Public Road on the West Coast of Demerara Wednesday has left an elderly man dead. News Room understands that the accident occurred just after 4:00hrs and the victim, who has been identified…
