Crime

A 39-year old man ,believed to be the latest person to attempt to smuggle cocaine by swallowing it, was Tuesday morning taken off a Canada-bound flight and has since excreted several suspected cocaine pellets, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. The law enforcement agency identified the man as 39-year old Julius Fidel Watkins of 2nd Street, Cummings Lodge, East Coast ...

A Corentyne pensioner became Guyana’s latest road fatality victim after he was killed in a hit and run accident on the Tain Corentyne Public road. Dead is Andre Buchan called Nalvan of Lot 51 Block 4, Tain Settlement, Corentyne. According to information received, the accident occurred at around 7 O’clock Sunday night. It was reported that the man was attempting ...

General Manager of one of Guyana’s largest rice distributors Nand Persaud and Co. Limited has called on government to implement stricter security at all of the main entry ports utilized by shipping companies. His call comes one month after the Narcotics Police in Jamaica busted a shipment of rice from Guyana containing JA$100M in cocaine at the Kingston Container Terminal. ...

A Guyanese miner was shot and injured Sunday afternoon when several armed persons believed to be Venezuelans invaded a mining camp in the North West District (NWD), sources said. Troy Joseph, 18 years old, of Falls Top, NWD was shot to his left hip at about 3 PM Sunday. Sources said he was transported on an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) ...

Police say they are investigating an alleged robbery under arms committed on Ready Mix Concrete Limited. The incident occurred at 69-72 Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara between 02:30- 03:00h Sunday morning of an undisclosed amount of cash ,by three armed male suspects . “Investigations revealed that the suspects pounced upon the two watchmen, both in their late 70s and ...

Several persons were arrested early Sunday morning in connection with the alleged discovery of 34 kilogrammes of marijuana, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. The anti-drug entity of the Ministry of Public Security said the marijuana was found at a house at the corner of Camp and Norton Streets, Georgetown. CANU said its agents “uncovered bulk parcels of suspected marijuana ...

A man in Lethem has admitted to the constructing an illegal airstrip where a Brazilian-registered plane landed last month, police said Saturday. “Ranks from CIDHQ (Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters) contacted the suspect in Lethem and during an interview, he admitted his involvement in the construction and preparation of the said airstrip which facilitated the landing of the illegal aircraft discovered ...

A 66-year-old Rural Constable of Mibicuri North, Blackbush Polder Coretyne on was on Thursday killed after a car that was allegedly speeding slammed into him on the Blackbush Polder Public road. Dead is Latchman Suhku called “Uncle Black” of Lot 186 Mibicuri North, Blackbush Polder, Corentyne. The man who was employed at the Mibicuri Police Station was on his way ...

A man , who allegedly pointed a shotgun and threatened to kill her, was Friday charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, and police plan to charge him for the alleged threat. Police said Ryan Sauers, 38 years, unemployed of De Velde, Berbice River, was arrested on Thursday at his home and charged Friday with unlawful possession of a ...

A bandit, who robbed and shot a miner, surrendered to police five days later with part of the stolen jewellery and admitted to being in possession of an unlicensed gun and ammunition after investigators traced the owner of a car that one of the bandits used, the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. The 33-year old man of  South ...