Crime

The 71-year old Guyanese man, who was caught with cocaine in Grenada, was Thursday fined. Magistrate Tamera Gill fined Haniff Bacchus 50,000 Eastern Caribbean dollars to be paid immediately. If he fails to do so, he would have to serve three years imprisonment. The magistrate took into consideration Bacchus’ age, medical condition and the fact that he pleaded guilty and ...

Guyanese police now have two suspects in custody in connection with the gruesome killing of a senior official of the Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields/Aurora Gold Mines, police sources said. Dead is 42-year old Neil Whyte, a Supply Chain Manager at the Guyana Goldfields Inc. and of Suite 1608-141 Adelaide Street, West Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was found naked with several stab ...

A high-level team of Surinamese police officers is in Guyana widening their probe into last month’s deadly piracy attack off the coast of that Dutch-speaking neighbour, the Guyana Police Force said. “During the visit the team will be engaging with senior investigators from the Criminal Investigation Department and intelligence officers,” the local law enforcement agency said in a statement. The ...

Former Finance Minister, Saisnarine Kowlessar was Monday arrested by agents of the Special Organised Crime Unit after he failed to turn up at that law enforcement arm of the Guyana Police Force. He arrived shortly after 9 AM and was released from custody after 2 PM on GY$200,000 station bail. Sources said he might be required to return at a ...

High Court Judge, Franklin Holder Monday morning blocked the Magistrates’ Court from hearing criminal charges of misconduct in public office against former Finance Minister, Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited, Winston Brassington. Defence Lawyer, Anil Nandlal told reporters what the judge decided in the in-chamber proceedings away from the glare of the media ...

The man, who allegedly killed a man who was in a relationship with his ex partner, was Monday arraigned on a charge of murder. Thirty-two year old  Corwyn ‘Cross Eye Arthur  of 1088 Cinderella City Amelia’s Ward, Linden was not required to plea to the inevitable charge. Linden Magistrate, Clive Nurse remanded Arthur to prison until June 21. Arthur is accused ...

A tearful and apologetic prisoner on Friday admitted to calling 911 and threatening to kill President David Granger. Aleem Ally was convicted on three counts of threatening language and one count of causing public terror on Nov.19,2017. With teary eyes, he apologised to the police ranks for what he did and asked the court to be merciful to him,  accepting ...

The 71 year-old Guyanese man, who was arrested last Tuesday  in Grenada after seven pounds of cocaine were discovered under the seat of his motorised wheelchair, pleaded guilty to narcotics trafficking. Haniff Bacchus would be sentenced on May 24. He remains in detention at the Richmond Hill Prison. At the time of his arrest, he had been en route to ...

Four foreign-language speaking men, armed with guns, raided a mining camp at Baboon Backdam, Cuyuni River, carting off raw gold and other items. The Guyana Police Force said none of the 28 employees of the mining company was  injured. No one was arrested, police said. Sources said the mining company is Mohammed’s Enterprise. Sources said the bandits went to a ...

One of the handguns that police said they found in possession of one of two bandits, who were shot dead Friday morning,  was hours earlier stolen from a security guard, investigators found out. Police sources said the 9MM pistol was stolen from KGM Security guard, Odinga Wills at about 1:30 AM. Sources  said two Chinese nationals were also robbed at ...