Crime

Two Brazilian women were among four persons nabbed following a shootout Tuesday night in Lethem, as police probed an armed robbery earlier in the day that led to the arrest of three Brazilian men. “Acting on information, ranks went to a house at Tabatinga, Lethem about 22:30hrs last (Tuesday) night and on arrival were forced to take cover as several ...

Two Guyanese were among 46 foreign nationals taken into custody during a five-day operation in western New York, in the latest reported crackdown on at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants, and other immigration violators, the United States’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said. The agency indicated that the Guyanese man and woman would remain in custody and could eventually be deported to their ...

Three men believed to be Brazilians were Tuesday afternoon arrested after they allegedly robbed a shop at the southern Guyanese town of Lethem near the border with Brazil, police confirmed. Interior Divisional Commander, Superintendent Ravindradat Budram told Demerara Waves Online News that after police received a call, they immediately took up positions at strategic locations and caught the suspects. He ...

Several customers, a High Court Marshal, lawyer and policeman were Tuesday afternoon among several persons locked inside the New Building Society (NBS) headquarters for several hours, raising concerns about alleged false imprisonment. Deputy Commander for ‘A’ Division of the Guyana Police Force, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum said legal action was being contemplated. Blanhum told NBS lawyer, Ashton Chase that he ...

A 16-year old student was early Monday morning caught by a gold miner moments after he and three other accomplices robbed him on the Kitty Public Road, police said. Sources said the teenage boy is a student of St. Winefride’s Secondary School, Garnett Street, Newtown, Georgetown. He lives at Kitty Public Road. “A gold miner who early this morning was ...

Three persons were late Friday arrested, and a large quantity of suspected cocaine and several vehicles seized by agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), that anti-drug agency said. Those arrested include a brother and sister- Junior Owen Singh and Nickela Craig-Singh.  CANU said the suspected narcotic weighed five kilogrammes. CANU said the operations were conducted in the Soesdyke area late ...

The Guyana Defence Force said at about 3 PM Friday one of its Coast Guard ranks, along with the unit’s welfare officer, foiled a suicide attempt by two secondary school students at the Kingston Jetty, Georgetown. “The two teenagers, who were allegedly preparing to jump into the deep waters at the mouth of the Demerara River, were spotted by an ...

Guyanese police Tuesday afternoon said they detained two suspects in the shooting death of two men in the Pomeroon River and in the process seized 62 rounds of ammunition, two guns and a quantity of marijuana. “During the interview one of the persons who is assisting with the investigation led the police to a  location where a bag was retrieved and ...

A man, who shot dead a 16-year old Guyanese girl in Flatbush, Brooklyn apartment, was Tuesday sentenced to 41 years in prison. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Tuesday announced that the 26-year-old man was sentenced to prison for firing a single shot with a submachine rifle, killing Shemel Mercurius. Before migrating to the United States, Mercurius lived with her ...

A farmer has been detained for questioning in connection with the shooting death of two men at a village in the Pomeroon River, police said. The Guyana Police Force said the detainee is not a suspect but someone who was in the area at the time of the incident and could possibly provide some useful information. “A male has been taken ...