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Crime

Teenage boys charged with break and enter and larceny

Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with break and enter and larceny of a cellphone store at Corriverton, Berbice. Police say that the 15-year-old male and 17-year-old boys were not required to plead to the indictable charges. Magistrate Mr Rabindranauth Singh remanded them to the juvenile holding centre until January 6. Police say the teenagers broke and entered and ...

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Vigilance man charged with opening fire on three men

A 20-year old man of Vigilance South, East Coast Demerara has been charged with discharging a loaded firearm with intent on three men Police say Junior Gathers committed the offence Edesi Edgill, Kobina Watson and Jason Archibald on October 31. Mr. Gathers pleaded not guilty and each count and was granted GY$450,000 bail. Magistrate Fabayo Azore ordered him to report ...

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Trio charged with offering $700,000 bribe to policeman

Three persons, who allegedly offered a $700,000 bribe to a policeman to drop an investigation, have been charged. Police say they have each pleaded not guilty and have been granted $40,000 bail and ordered to return to court on January 4, 2022. Those charged with a corrupt transaction with an agent are 34-year old Vishal Munilall  and 25-year old Kulwantie ...

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“No sign of tampering” of shipping container with cocaine and rum intercepted overseas- CANU

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Tuesday night strongly hinted that approximately 1,100 pounds of cocaine were loaded in a shipping container with El Dorado Rum in another Caribbean country before it was busted in Rotterdam last week. The law enforcement unit of the Ministry of Home Affairs said that “there was no sign of tampering” of the container in ...

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Veteran Guyanese aviator Malcolm Chan-a-Sue dies

Veteran Guyanese aviator and aviation educator, Captain Malcolm Chan-a-Sue died early Monday morning, almost one month after a speeding minibus slammed into the car he was driving in Kingston, Georgetown. Guyana’s aviation community was almost immediately plunged into mourning. Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Retired Lt Col. Egbert Field expressed deep sadness at the passing of someone he ...

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Six arrested for firearm, 104 rounds of ammo- police

Six persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged discovery of a firearm and 104 rounds of ammunition in a house on Bourda Street, Lacytown, Georgetown, police said Saturday. They were held in connection with the Friday evening discovery of one air pistol, ten 12 gauge cartridges, thirty-one .45 rounds, fourteen .38 rounds and forty-nine M15 rounds. The woman ...

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Colombian, Venezuelan jailed for offences linked to foreign aircraft in Guyana

A Colombian and Venezuelan  were Friday jailed for a string of violations of Guyana’s aviation law, police said. Colombian Juan David Caricedo Villa, and Venezuelan Gustavo Adolfo Riascos Gomez pleaded guilty to the four offences and were ordered to pay a total of GY$7 million fine or serve nine years imprisonment. However, the court ruled that the sentences run concurrently. ...

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Police Force faces shortage of investigators; 19.4 percent reduction in crime

Acting Deputy Police Commissioner, Wendell Blanhum on Friday bemoaned the shortage of investigators, even as he released figures showing an overall 19.4 percent reduction in crime. “There is an inadequate amount of investigators to police all ten regions,” he said He attributed the shortage of these key personnel to resignations, retirements, transfers to other regions as part of disciplinary actions ...

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Caribbean Court signal’s displeasure with Guyana DPP’s powers to direct magistrates to recommit accused persons

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday frowned heavily on what they regard as the power of Guyana’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to direct a court to recommit an accused person for fresh proceedings. “Whether the DPP is pr is not a member of the executive, to me it does not detract from the fact whether a court ...

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Murder accused Marcus Bisram asks CCJ to declare law on DPP’s role unconstitutional

Murder accused United States-based Guyanese, Marcus Bisram on Thursday asked the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to declare as unconstitutional a section of the Criminal Law Offences Act that allows the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to direct a magistrate to recommit a person to a retrial even if the courts find that there has been insufficient evidence. Through his ...

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