Crime

A well-known Prashad Nagar, Georgetown resident, who describes herself as a businesswoman, was Friday convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment for being in possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. Lena ‘Aunty Lena’ Narine was also fined GY$17.1 million by Magistrate Rondel Weever. CANU said Narine was convicted for trafficking in 11.4 ...

On March 21, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Georgetown Country Office collaborated with the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS), Guyana Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to seize a Self-Propelled Semi-Submersible (SPSS) approximately 150 miles off the coast of Guyana carrying 2,370 kilograms of cocaine.  The U.S. Navy’s guided missile cruiser USS Leyte ...

A man, only known as ‘Pregoo’ and lives at Plum Park, Sophia, has been fingered in the shooting of an 18-year old man in GUYHOC Tuesday night following an argument on Phagwah Day, police said. Injured to his left foot is 18-year old Aydil Francis, a construction worker of South Sophia. Police said he was shot about 8:30  Tuesday night ...

A businessman of Kurupukari was stabbed to death and his body was discovered by three persons, who stopped in at the shop on their way to Brazil, the Guyana Police Force said Wednesday. A labourer with whom he was drinking, has since been arrested, according to investigators. Police said they saw a wound on ‘Johnny’ Ragubeer’s throat, a cut to ...

A small-scale gold miner, who allegedly tried to leave Guyana for the United States by showing a fake American visa in his phone to an airline check-in agent remained in police custody on Monday, police said. He was arrested on Sunday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) when he turned up to board an American Airlines flight to Miami. ...

The two Venezuelans, who were allegedly caught in a go-fast boat  with more than 1,181 pounds of cocaine at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, have been identified and are expected to appear in court later this week, Director the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh said Sunday. He told Demerara Waves Online News that he hoped they would be arraigned on ...

A United States (US)-based Guyanese farmer, whose local address is at Mahaicony, was arrested Sunday for allegedly being in possession of a firearm and ammunition without being the holder of a firearm licence, and offering a GY$500,000 bribe to a policeman to drop the investigation, police said. Police said at about 2 PM Easter Sunday, 46-year old Tony Danraj Mootoosammy, ...

Two Venezuelans were Friday arrested in a go-fast boat with more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine and a large quantity of fuel at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, in a joint operation by the the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), an official said Saturday. Director of CANU, James Singh said one of the Venezuelans is believed to ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday confirmed that Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Major Crimes Unit, Superintendent Mitchell Caesar was detained by United States law enforcement agents at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. “From what I gather, a report was made to the superior officer or the senior officer of that policeman so that will engage the ...

The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) on Thursday asked Guyana to take steps to stamp out corruption especially in law enforcement agencies, public procurement and the oil sector as a matter of priority and ensure that all anti-corruption bodies are truly independent “The Committee urges the State party to adopt concrete measures to address the root causes of corruption ...