Crime
UPDATED: Jagdeo, Luncheon, Robert Persaud arrested, released; others still detained
Dr. Roger Luncheon (left) being arrested by SOCU agents. Four former top government officials...
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Court dismisses human trafficking charge against Cuban hotel owner
Eladio Pereza consoled outside the court room by his companion. Cuban national and owner of Providence's Bollywood Club, Eladio Pereza...
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Sophia teen charged with murder of Police Commissioner’s brother
A 15-year-old Sophia youth was Tuesday charged before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for the murder of the brother of Police Commissioner...
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Guyanese seamen caught with cocaine, marijuana in Barbados
(BARBADOS TODAY).- Barbados High Court judge Madam Justice Jacqueline Cornelius has ordered pre-sentencing reports into the lives of two Guyanese men who...
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Former PPP ministers, others refuse to be questioned at SOCU headquarters about Pradoville 2
The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) wants to question several former government ministers and other top officials of the current...
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Cocaine-accused couple jailed, fined $57million for bust at airport VIP lounge
Mahendra Ramsuchit Mahendra Ramsuchit of Berbice, and Guyanese-born Canadian citizen, Robhina Basdeoram were today sentenced to 60 months imprisonment each,...
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Universal Church pastor remanded for causing death by dangerous driving
Pastor Haleno Luiz Well-known TV personality and senior pastor of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, Haleno Luiz,...
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Allegedly drunken, abusive senior police officer still on duty pending legal advice
The Assistant of Superintendent of Police pointing his hand in the face of the traffic policeman who repeatedly and politely...
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Court orders Trini fraudster deported after repaying Brandsville Hotel, paying court fine
Anthony Nestor. Trinidad and Tobago fraudster, Anthony Nestor, was today instructed by the court to pay Brandsville Hotel $260,824 and...
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Annandale man breaks-down after sentenced to prison for illegal gun, ammo
Delson Wayne Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today handed down a 18 month prison sentence with a $60,000 fine for illegal...
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