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Man, 34, found dead in clump of bushes
Police are investigating the death of Ovril Adamson Pedro, a 34-year-old man, whose body was discovered Saturday morning in a clump of bushes at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.
Police visited the scene at about 10:00 hrs. A press release…
Police recover body days after Mazaruni River mishap
Days after he went missing after the boat he was travelling in collided with a rock and sank in the Mazaruni River, the body of Ray Payne was recovered on Friday.
Police Commander of Region Seven, Dion Moore told the News Room that…
CANU officers find $11M worth of ganja in Berbice
Earlier on Saturday, Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an operation at Sandaka Creek, East Berbice-Corentyne, where they discovered several bags, containing several parcels of cannabis in clumps of bushes along the creek.…
Gold miner, wife arrested with 943 grams of suspected ganja
Police have arrested a 31-year-old gold miner and his wife following the discovery of several parcels of marijuana at their Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara (ECD) house on Saturday.
They have been identified as Kevin Archer and Carletta…
Speeding, tinted vehicles lead traffic cases on East Coast roadways
A total of 140 traffic cases were made on Friday against errant drivers on the East Coast of Demerara roadways who were found in breach of several traffic related offences.
Out of the cases, 59 were for speeding and 11 were related to…
Man stabbed to death following altercation at rum shop
A man, identified only as ‘Sunny,’ was brutally stabbed to death at Kumung Kumung backdam, Region Seven and the Police have since arrested three persons, including a Venezuelan woman with whom he had an altercation with hours before.…
Timehri man jailed for trafficking cocaine, alleged accomplice professes innocence
Andrew Rodriguez, 43, of Timehri, East Bank Demerara on Friday appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to the charge of trafficking 5lbs of cocaine.
A statement from the Customs…
Skeletal remains found in abandoned building at Uitvlugt
Skeletal remains, believed to those of a man, were found on Friday morning in an abandoned two-storey wooden building at Uitvlugt Estate Road, West Coast Demerara.
Police Headquarters reported that the remains were found at about 09:45…
Man charged with manslaughter over stabbing death of Sophia horse cart operator
Desan Husbands called ‘Meds’ was charged with manslaughter on Thursday following the fatal altercation with 25-year-old Mark Harris, a horse cart operator of Plum Park, Sophia.
Husbands appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court…
Linden man who burned house with family inside charged with murder
Akali Moore was on Friday charged and remanded to prison for setting fire to his family house at Silvertown, Linden earlier this week, resulting in the death of his sister and niece.
Moore, 33, appeared virtually at the Georgetown…