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Duo arrested for shooting at businessman; illegal possession of firearm, ammo
Police ranks on Monday arrested two men and retrieved an unlicensed firearm that was allegedly used to shoot at a 24-year-old businessman at Riverview, Ruimvedlt, Georgetown moments earlier.
The incident occurred at about 23:20hrs at the…
CANU ranks accused of stealing diamonds placed on $300,000 bail each
Annick Hossanah and Jamine Goddard, the two Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers accused of stealing diamonds from a Surinamese were placed on $300,000 bail each on Tuesday although they denied the simple larceny charge.
The duo…
Deportee charged, remanded for 2007 murder of gold miner
Micheal Orlando Corrica, the man that was recently deported to Guyana to face charges for a 2007 murder , was on Tuesday remanded to prison for the crime.
Corrica called 'Tall Man' of Fourth Avenue, Bartica was not required to enter a…
Two die in Corentyne accident, three others injured
An accident between a car and an electric bike on the Hampshire Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice on Tuesday night resulted in the death of two men and the hospitalization of others.
Dead are the driver of the car, 24-year-old Dinesh…
Wanted man William De Abreu shot dead by cops
A shootout between Police and a wanted man ended deadly on Tuesday at Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demeara.
Dead is 26-year-old William De Abreu whom the Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for on May 17, 2023, in connection with a…
Four ‘romance scammers’ charged by SOCU after defrauding women
Four romance scammers were on Monday charged by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) after they defrauded eight women of $804,000.
The scammers are: Khadijah Long or Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Region 10; Wayne Halley, 27, of…
Prison escapee sentenced to 18 months in jail
Keyambo Jarvis was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment on Tuesday after pleading guilty to robbing a Police Officer and escaping Police custody earlier this month.
Jarvis appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown…
Trio sentenced for abducting taxi driver, armed robberies
Three men were on Monday sentenced to a total of nine years imprisonment each after they were found guilty of two counts of armed robbery and abducting a taxi driver back in August 2022.
Those sentences are: Rawle Franklin called “Mad…
Three men caught stealing machine parts from BK Quarries
Three men were caught stealing heavy duty machine parts from BK Quarries in Teperu, Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni).
The men are Kurt Benfield of Prince William Street, Plaisance; Quincy Davis of Durban Street, Georgetown; and Paul…
Woman killed in La Grange accident identified, driver to be charged
The Guyana Police Force on Monday identified the woman who died in an accident on Monday morning at La Grange, West Bank Demerara as Vidya Tie, 52.
The woman’s address was given as 46 Samaroo Scheme, La Grange.
In a statement, the…