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$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…
Life imprisonment for trio who robbed, murdered vendor
Three men were on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2017 murder of 51-year-old Dhanpaul Dookie called ‘Pauline’, who was killed at his Uitspa Village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway house during an invasion.
In May, Chandrapaul…
One year jail for man found with unlicensed gun, ammo
Thirty-year-old Dwayne Lawrence of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday where he was sentenced for the possession of a 9mm pistol and matching ammunition without being the holder of a…
10 years jail for ‘Godie Man’ who stalked, killed mother of five
A 53-year-old man was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the death of 34-year-old mother of five, Nadina Kalamadeen, who he staked for months before killing her.
Raymond O’Selmon, called ‘Godie man’, formerly of North…