Crime

Police on Monday issued a wanted bulletin for a man in connection with the stabbing death of a man under conflicting circumstances. Investigators say they want Hemraj  “Rickey Scrawley” Bramdeo for questioning in relation to the murder of r of Dellon “Chicken” Bradford which occurred on March 23, 2016 at Skull City, Patentia, West Bank Demerara. Assuring that “all information ...

A jilted man on Sunday shot and injured his ex-lover moments after she arrived home in the company of another man, police said. The Guyana Police Force said crime sleuths were still on the manhunt for the assailant. Injured are 41- year old Simone Belle of Half Mile, Wismar and Sherwin Hughes, 41 years, of Blueberry Hill, Wismar. Investigators said ...

 A  Jamaican man on Sunday remained in custody following the seizure of cocaine at a house at Friendship Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara. Investigators said during Saturday April 02, 2016, ranks of the Police Narcotics Unit conducted a search at the house during which one kilogram of cocaine which had been compressed in the form of shoe soles was found. A ...

In what appears to have been a revenge killing, a man was shot dead in Charlestown, Georgetown late Friday night. The dead man has been identified as  Walton “Tuffy” Taylor.  He was shot while seated in a chair at the corner of Adelaide and Sussex Streets, Charlestown. Residents in the area said two men rode up on a CG motorcycle ...

A 27-year old man has been accused of raping and robbing a grandmother while she was on duty at a Municipal Day Care Centre at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, Samuel David George of East Ruimveldt was remanded to prison until April 14, 2016 by Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan. . He is accused of robbing the woman of one cellular phone ...

New York (New York Daily News) – A New York woman whose battle with leukemia united her community behind her is under investigation after skipping town, police said Saturday. Residents around Ardsley village in Westchester County donated over $60,000 to Shivonie Deokaran and her family after learning in August she had only 18 months to live, The Journal News of ...

A suspected rapist and robbery has been shot and injured after he assaulted two rural constables and drew a knife on the lawmen. The Guyana Police Force said a policeman shot 32-year old Malcolm Henry to his left foot. The incident involving Henry of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice occurred at about 7:55 Tuesday night (March 29, 2016) at East Canefield, ...

A United Kingdom Navy vessel, which engages in the fight against narco-trafficking, has arrived in Guyana where its engineers will help train local Coast Guardsmen and revive the country’s coast guard flagship, GDFS Essequibo. “I would also be sending across some engineers to your Coast Guard vessel to assist in some engineering training and, if possible, see if we get ...

  A workshop organised by the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance will be looking at the use of Mobile Money and phone cards as forms of money laundering in Guyana over the next few days. The risk assessment workshop which includes several stakeholders will be looking at ways to combat challenges in the money laundering sphere that are ...

Reproduced from Canada’s NATIONAL POST and CTV NEWS BRAMPTON—The day after he was arrested by RCMP anti-terrorism police, a 23-year-old appeared in court Saturday to face weapons charges and allegations he was preparing to leave Canada to engage in terrorism. Kevin Omar Mohamed was arrested by members of the Toronto-based Integrated National Security Enforcement Team as part of an ongoing ...