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Six arrested as CANU finds cocaine in saltfish headed for MiamiThe Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Monday night announced that it had arrested six persons after cocaine was discovered…
Police find marijuana stashed in car bumperJust before noon on Monday, police ranks manning a roadblock at Weldaad, West Coast Berbice found a quantity of suspected…
Linden man found dead shortly after chased by woman, daughter; murder suspected Police on Monday reported an alleged homicide in the mining town of Linden in which 47-year-old Samuel De Souza was…
Guyanese convicts deported from SurinameFour Guyanese nationals, who were imprisoned in neighbouring Suriname for various offences, were deported on Sunday after completing their prison…
Bandits chop, beat Craig resident during robberyA 45-year-old resident of Buzz Bee Dam, Craig, East Bank Demerara is nursing a chop wound to the head after…
Backtrack tragedy: Woman’s decomposed body foundAlmost one month after she went missing, authorities found the badly decomposed body of 48-year-old Sharida Hussein of Pilot Street,…
Mother of 3, co-accused remanded for trafficking ganjaTwo days after ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) intercepted 25 parcels of marijuana with a total weight of…
4 years jail, $2.3M fine for Agricola resident who gave ganja to visually impaired manMicheal Solomon called ‘Sono’, or ‘Skinny’ was on Friday sentenced to four years jail and slapped with a $2.3 million…
Taxi driver found guilty of raping girl, 12A 32-year-old taxi driver was on Friday found guilty by a 12-member jury of raping a 12-year-old girl in 2019.…
Alleged serial rapist accused of brutalising Venezuelan woman remandedAlleged serial rapist, Thurston Semple, was on Friday remanded to prison for the alleged rape and gruesome attack on a…
Husband dead, wife unconscious in horrific Berbice accidentAn accident on the Berbice River Bridge public road on Thursday afternoon claimed the life of 33-year-old Vijay Jaigobin and…
60 years jail for pensioner who murdered brother-in-lawA 65-year-old man was on Thursday sentenced to 60 years imprisonment for the murder of his brother-in-law, which occurred in…
Father turns in Lethem prison escapeeOne of the four prisoners who escaped from the Lethem Police Station in Region Nine by digging a hole in…
Murder accused on remand for almost 7 years applies for bail, files motion against the StateLennox Wayne called “Two Colours”, who is currently on remand awaiting a retrial at the High Court for the 2014…
3 arrested following discovery of about 100 lbs ganjaRanks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) have arrested three persons, including a female, in connection with the discovery of…
60-Y-0 man shot, robbed of $4M while placing betsA 60-year-old man was shot to the upper thigh and robbed of $4 million while at the All Seasons Horse…
Update: Gas pump explodes onboard MV BarimaA gas pump in the engine room of the MV Barima exploded on Wednesday, resulting in a fire aboard the…
Residents put out fire on MV BarimaResidents on Wednesday managed to control a fire onboard the MV Barima at the Port Kaituma Waterfront in Region One.…

