Crime

Former school principal, Sir  Arthur Chandra, was robbed of cash and jewellery at gunpoint during an invasion of his Bel Air Park residence, police said. The incident occurred at about 1:30 AM when a man pointed a gun to his head and demanded that he hand over gold and money he had in his house. While the gun was pointed ...

A man committed suicide after stabbing his wife several times at their North-East La Penitence, Georgetown residence on Saturday, police said. Region Four Divisional Commander, Senior Superintendent Phillip Azore said the incident occurred at about 4:45 PM at the couple’s residence on Calabash Alley. He said the woman, who was speaking with investigators, was hospitalised in a stable condition with ...

A Brazilian gold miner, who is the owner of a dredge, was shot and killed in Marudi, Rupununi. One of the bandits was also shot dead by the now dead gold miner during an exchange of gunfire at about 6:30 PM Friday. The gold miner’s name has been given as Zezao. Region Nine Divisional Commander, Superintendent Keith King says police ...

A Venezuelan woman was early Thursday morning lashed and chopped by her partner at a gold mining area in western Guyana, in a disagreement that sparked off when he first allegedly burned her on her face with a cigarette, police said. The man has since escaped. Injured is 37-year-old Wilneivis Del Valle Bisram Vadel of Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. Police said ...

A taxi driver is in custody as police are on the hunt for another suspect in a robbery at Bartica where an undisclosed sum of gold, cash and other items were stolen from a gold trading company. The robbery was committed at Emperor Mineral Trading, owned by Millburn Mahadoo, at Lot 43 Second Avenue, Bartica shortly after midday Wednesday. Police ...

Four prisoners have escaped from the Lusignan Prison, and they include two murder accused, one for drug trafficking and another for robbery under arms, the Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels said Monday morning. They are 26-year-old Anthony Padmore who was serving a three-year sentence for trafficking in cannabis. He is from Ogle Street Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara; 26-year-old Kenraul Perez ...

Four persons have been arrested within the past three days in connection with separate seizures of marijuana totalling more than 27 kilogrammes. The latest seizure was made yesterday afternoon at about 2:30 at Number 59 Village Road, Corentyne. Police say they stopped a car and found 15 parcels of marijuana weighing more than 13.5 kilogrammes A 40-year-old resident of New ...

Two brothers are among four men arrested within the last 24 hours in connection with alleged possession of two guns and ammunition. The arrests were made at GuyHoc Park, Georgetown, and Number 72 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. The two brothers were arrested after police alleged that an unlicensed pistol and a motorcycle suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained were ...

A 21-year-old woman of Ithaca, West Bank Berbice, was Thursday afternoon stabbed to death and her mother, who attempted to rescue her, was badly injured. Dead is Vanessa Benjamin. Her 24-year-old children-father, who stabbed himself, and her mother, 56-year-old Debra Hannibal are hospitalised. Police say the man stabbed his children’s mother several times in her yard at 301 Ithaca Village ...

Two men were Wednesday arraigned on armed robbery charges in connection with a home invasion at Republic Gardens, East Bank Demerara. The offences were committed on Ryan Rajmangan and Nicholas Prince at Lot 335 Republic Gardens on April 9, 2019. Godfrey “Follower” Lynch, 25, of 54 Fifth Street, Albertown and Anthony “Big Life” Johnson, 20, of 89 Second Street, Agricola, ...