Crime

The man, who allegedly struck down Reonol Williams 18 days ago and dumped his body,  was Friday expected to face six charges, Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Acting Deputy Police Commissioner Wendell Blanhum said. Fifty-three year old Daniel Melbourne of Lot 53 Middle Street, Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara is scheduled to appear in court on Friday morning. Mr. ...

A policeman has been allegedly involved in stealing a vehicle which he has since led investigators to. The Guyana Police Force says the owner of the car, 34-year-old taxi driver Rameshwar Singh of #70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, has since identified the Toyota Premio as his. “The police rank then took the investigators to Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara and ...

Two Guyana Defence Force soldiers have been robbed at knifepoint on the Kitty Seawall, police said. The incident reportedly occurred shortly before 8 O’clock Wednesday night on the Rupert Craig Highway seawall. The 39-year-old Woman Corporal and the 23-year-old Private told police that they were robbed of , both from the Guyana Defence Force They say they were robbed of ...

The cell phone tracker on a stolen phone has led to the arrest of three of four men who staged a multimillion dollar robbery committed on a lawyer and seven businessmen early Wednesday morning at La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara, police said. The eight victims told police that the bandits carted off a total of GY$8,162,000 in items ...

A suspected bandit was arrested late Tuesday night but two of his accomplices escaped after a shootout with police on La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara where they minutes earlier robbed a resident of Campbellville, Georgetown, police said. The Guyana Police Force said one of the suspects opened fire on a patrol that responded to a report of an ...

A woman has been arrested in connection with the alleged discovery of 540 grammes of cocaine in a parcel containing a Hindu havan kund. The estimated street value is about US$2,500 to US$2,700 but the head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said it would be worth more in the United Kingdom. CANU said the narcotic was in the parcel with ...

The driver of a car has admitted to hitting down Reonol “Ram” Williams and dumping the body after he realised that the man was unresponsive, the Head of the Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Wendell Blanhum said Tuesday night. “The suspect has confessed that he was the driver of the motorcar when it struck down Reonol Williams,” Mr. Blanhum told ...

The man, who allegedly killed his wife,  has been charged with murder. Police say Clarence Farley was read the indictable offence when he appeared in court on Monday before Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty. He was remanded to prison until June 27. He is accused of the murder of Carnegie School of Home Economics teacher, Omega Ault, at their home at ...

Police have arrested four persons who allegedly murdered a security guard in the vicinity of the Brickdam Secondary School, Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force said. The woman has been identified as 21-year old Carol Davidson who lived at East La Penitence Squatting Area. She was lashed several times and stabbed to her left side chest, police said. Police say they ...

Three persons were arrested on Thursday in connection with two separate busts totalling 11 kilogrammes of marijuana and several round of ammunition, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. That agency said 47-year old Raymond Tinnis, who was the lone occupant of a car, was arrested on the Mahaica Public Road for allegedly being in possession of 9.8 kilogrammes of marijuana. ...