Crime

The two Guyanese men, who were shot dead Monday night in Suriname, have been identified, police said. Guyanese police say the dead men were identified by Surinamese police as Oswick Bazilio also known as ‘One Foot’ and Jerimiah Smith. Smith was charged with marijuana trafficking in 2022.  The motive for the killing was not immediately known. The incident occurred on ...

More than one month after a Bartica gold miner and one of his employees were shot dead and robbed of a quantity of raw gold at Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River, two more men were Tuesday arraigned for murder and accessory to murder. Gold miner 50-year-old Mohamed Zaheer Sheriff of Byderabo Road, Bartica, and Dovan Washington, of 11 Seventh Avenue, Bartica ...

Two labourers of Corentyne, East Berbice were Monday arraigned on a charge of murder, after police said they gathered sufficient evidence that the two allegedly killed a 52-year-old woman. Those remanded to prison by Springlands Magistrate, Tuanna Hardy were 18-year-old  Yogindra ‘Ravin’ Pokhai of Lot 79, Number 54 Village and 25-year-old Crishan “Varen” David of No. 0 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. ...

A 42-year-old woman and her 22-year-old son of Tucville, Georgetown were Monday charged with the murder of a labourer of Festival City, Georgetown, police said. The accused are Alicia Edmonson, and Malachi Kennedy, a linesman, both residents of Lot 3 Perry Street, Tucville, Georgetown. They are accused of the murder of 36-year-old, Amaiziah Hohenkirk, a labourer of Lot 1308 Unity ...

A resident of St Ann Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice was Monday arraigned on eight cyber crime charges including obtaining and transmitting pornography of a child under 14 years old and harassing and intimidating a person, the Guyana Police Force said. New Amsterdam Magistrate, Michelle Mathias remanded 28-year-old Joshua Rambarran to prison until May 20, 2024 after the prosecution successfully opposed ...

The US$11.5 million offshore patrol vessel (OPV) that was purchased from the American company, Metal Shark, underwent a rigid sea trial that resulted in the need to make a number of modifications to make it fit-for-purpose in Guyana’s marine environment, sources said. “Sea trials must have problems,” one source said. Shortly after leaving the shipyard in the United States, sources ...

Two men are in custody in connection with the killing of a 52-year-old woman whose body was found at Number 55 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, the Guyana Police Force said Saturday. Dead is Ninawattie “Sharda” Nandalall of Lot 14 Number 55 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. Police said an autopsy conducted on Saturday, April 13, 2024 found that the woman died as a ...

A 29-year-old man is to be slapped with several cyber crime charges after investigators unearthed evidence that he allegedly lured two children under 14 years old to send explicit pictures and videos to a Snapchat account, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators added that the pictures and videos were also posted to a Telegram group. Police said Joshua Rambarran was ...

Four persons were arrested at Annandale, East Coast Demerara in connection with two minibuses and a large wooden boat laden with suspected smuggled liquor, beers and chicken, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said Thursday. The arrests and seizure were made on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The GRA said spiritous liquor, Heineken beers and Rockingham chicken were found at the scene ...

The driver of a truck belonging to an Indian construction company, which slammed into a police vehicle and injured the current Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Chief, Superintendent Mahendra Singh last year, has been charged with dangerous driving. The driver, 29-year old Romel Benjamin of  15 Lovely Lass Village West Coast Berbice, was charged and arraigned on January 10, 2024, five ...