Crime

Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken on Wednesday dismissed social media posts that a senior police officer attempted to deposit GY$16.5 million into the Guyana Police Cooperative Credit Union. “No it’s not true and I made a release already,” Mr Hicken told Demerara Waves Online News. While he insisted that such a release was made and “it’s in the system” there ...

Police on Wednesday said they were investigating an alleged armed robbery committed on a man on James Street, Albouystown, Georgetown. The victim is 28-year-old Hudson Thompson, who resides in Albouystown. He told police he was robbed of a gold and diamond chain valued at GY$2 million. The robbery allegedly occurred at about 7 o’clock Tuesday night at James Street, Albouystown, ...

A six-year-old boy was Tuesday night shot to the head by a man who attempted to shoot another man only known as ‘Crab’, the Guyana Police Force said on Wednesday. ‘The child is presently hospitalised, and his condition is listed as serious,” police said. The incident reportedly occurred at about 7:45 Tuesday night on Charles Street, Charlestown while the boy ...

Three Chinese persons were Tuesday arrested at a city hotel and GY$39 million as well as a handgun and ammunition were seized, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. Investigators suspected that the trio was “part of a transnational criminal group involved in gold smuggling and other illegal activities.” In a statement titled “criminal network dismantled”, the GPF said the two ...

A woman of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo has been arrested for attempting to murder her nine-year-old daughter after her boyfriend called them “wastes” and said he was ending the relationship, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators were informed that on Sunday, July 7, after the man left the house, the woman called her daughter and told her that her father ...

A police manhunt was launched Saturday for a Venezuelan suspect in connection with the chopping death of another Venezuelan, a gold miner at Quartzstone Landing, Cuyuni River, Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and police said they were searching for the suspect. Dead is 21-year-old Adrian Williams of San Martin, Venezuela and Quartzstone Landing, Cuyuni River, which occurred yesterday (Friday, July 5, 2024) ...

The National Assembly is next Monday set to amend the Fugitive Offenders Act to allow for the use of evidence that would not otherwise be accepted under the laws of Guyana to facilitate the extradition of persons. “A record of evidence of the case against the person, including evidence that would not otherwise be admissible under the laws of Guyana, ...

Three men were Thursday arrested after 5.6 kilogrammes of cocaine were found in the car they were travelling in on Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said on Friday. “A subsequent search of the motor vehicle revealed several brick-like parcels containing a whitish powdery substance suspected to be cocaine,” the anti-drug agency said. Those arrested are chef, Rawle ...

Two motorcyclists, clad in what appeared to be police uniforms, Wednesday night allegedly robbed the manager of Toucan Distributors Limited of GY$10 million at Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s (GBTI) compound on Young Street, Kingston, Georgetown. police said. “The man observed that the motorcyclists were ‘Policemen’-suspects dressed in Police uniforms. As such, the 65-year-old walked towards the Deposit vault ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday night said the “extraordinary” security cooperation between the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the United States Army’s Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is not aimed at stoking aggression in the region. “I want to make it very clear, because the propaganda can be different, there is no conversation between the US and Guyana in our security architecture ...