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Possession of ecstasy, other designer drugs to be illegal
The possession of designer drugs such as ecstasy, methamphetamines and other 'designer drugs would now be made illegal with an...
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Police to be legally empowered to take DNA samples from suspects; carry non-lethal weapons
Guyana Police Force investigators will soon be able to take DNA samples from suspects who have been arrested, according to...
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Larceny suspect shot and injured by police
A man has been shot and injured after he attacked police with a cutlass and broken bottles, the Guyana Police...
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Top Surinamese military officer arrested with cocaine
A top Suriname military officer has been arrested allegedly with more than 500 kilogrammes of cocaine, Surinamese media reported Sunday....
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Marijuana processor arrested at St Cuthbert’s Mission farm
Shafeer Sanichar who was allegedly processing marijuana on a cultivation at St. Cuthbert's Mission. A man was arrested at a...
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DDL wants tighter security for transshipped exports in wake of cocaine bust
The blue bags of cocaine that were stashed among the cartons of El Dorado rum being produced by Demerara Distillers...
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Several Guyanese, Barbadian men busted in boat laden with marijuana in Barbadian waters
Barbados Coast Guard (File picture from Barbados Today) Four Guyanese and one Barbadian have been arrested in Barbados’ territorial waters...
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Former Finance Minister Jordan being questioned by SOCU
Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan was Thursday morning being questioned by officers of the Guyana Police Force's Special Organised Crime...
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Teenage boys charged with break and enter and larceny
The Juvenile Holding Centre, Sophia. Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with break and enter and larceny of a...
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