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Vendor nabbed with cannabis at Bourda

Lochan Beharry, a 41-year-old vendor was on Friday arrested after he was caught carrying a plastic bag filled with 282 grammes of cannabis while in the vicinity of Bourda Market in Georgetown. According to the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit…

Farmer, 55, found dead at Marudi Backdam

Peter Smith, 55, a farmer from Aishalton Village, Deep South Rupununi died Thursday night in an accident at a mining site located at Marudi Backdam. According to a statement from Police Headquarters, several persons would visit mining…

Man, stabbed to death at Paiyuka Falls

A Venezuelan man, only known as Frankie, was stabbed to death on Thursday at Paiyuka Falls, near the Puruni River. Police Headquarters reported that Frankie was allegedly stabbed by Cane Vincent, a 24-year-old miner of South Rupununi,…