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Guard succumbs after shooting which left him paralysed
Close to a month after he was allegedly shot over an old grievance by a colleague at a Dazzle Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD) supermarket, 25-year-old security guard Gerald Anthony Sobers has succumbed to his injuries.
Sobers…
2012 Durban Street murder: 3 men freed after 11 years on remand
After spending 11 years in jail for the murder of gold miner Glen Xavier, three men were acquitted by High Court Judge Simone Morris Ramlall due to a lack of proper identification of the deceased during the trial.
Faisal Moore called…
Men escape police, leave bags with 27lbs of marijuana behind
Police in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) are looking for two men who escaped on Saturday after they dropped two bags containing 27 pounds of marijuana.
Police Headquarters said ranks were conducting mobile patrol duty in the…
Search at NA Prison unearths contraband items
Ranks of the Joint Services on Saturday carried out a raid at the New Amsterdam prison during which a quantity of contraband items including 282 grammes of narcotics were found and seized.
Police Headquarters reported that the raid was…
Perseverance Tailor dies after falling off E-Bike
A 58- year-old man and well-known tailor of Perseverance Village, Region Two tragically lost his life on Saturday after he fell from his E-Bike and hit his head on the road's surface.
Dead is Lochan Sookdeo; he was heading to work at…
‘You had to kill he?’ – Wife of murdered bus driver seeks answers
The wife of Zehron Nieuenkirk, the bus driver who died after he was allegedly stabbed by a female at the Linden bus park in Georgetown is hoping that his alleged attacker will be apprehended and made to face the full force of the law.…
Family in relentless search for man last seen four years ago
A West Coast Berbice (WCB) man has not been seen or heard from by his family for the last four years.
Lyndon Usher called ‘Mondo’ or ‘Shaggy’, a father of two of Number 30 Village, WCB, left home to ply his trade as a mason in Lethem,…
CANU destroys over $500M worth in drugs
Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Saturday destroyed half a billion dollars (US$2.5 million) worth in local and foreign illicit drugs, a fraction of those seized for the first half of 2023.
The destruction exercise which…
Motorcycle bandits rob Corentyne businessman of $5.5M cash
Police in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) are on the hunt for two motorcycle bandits who allegedly held a businessman at gunpoint and robbed him of $5.5M in cash on Thursday.
Police Headquarters said they are investigating the…
Fiery death for duo in Mahaicony accident
Two men died tragically Friday night after the car they were travelling in, was involved in an accident and later burst into flames.
The injured men were burnt to death at Mahaicony, Region Five.
The were later identified as Shelroy…