Crime

Two men were Friday charged with the abduction of Joshua “Bricks” David and they were remanded to prison, while five other suspects surrendered and remained in custody, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. Those charged with abduction in violation of the Kidnapping Act 2003 are Osafo Peters and Alpha Poole. They were not required to plea and were remanded to ...

An electrician has been jailed for one year after he pleaded guilty to stealing numerous street lights around the young professionals housing units at La Bonne Intention (LBI) Housing Scheme, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said Thursday. Police said 34-year-old Sharmo Jones of Plaisance Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara also told the court that he installed a number of the ...

A police sergeant lost a tooth and his colleague was also allegedly assaulted by a minibus driver after he was intercepted and arrested for reckless driving and suspicion of being drunk, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said Wednesday. The law enforcement agency said the bus driver, Feroze Khan, of Hosororo, North West District, allegedly damaged the police vehicle and the ...

A family member of a government politician, who was involved in a road accident that resulted in the death of a woman, on Tuesday remained hospitalised, police said. The woman, who died in the accident on La Bonne Intention (LBI) Railway Embankment Road, has been identified as Salima Heeralal. She was an occupant in a vehicle that was driven by ...

The governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is concerned that it could lose support at next year’s general and regional elections as a result of the opposition’s repeated accusations of corruption, and so has opted to push back aggressively, party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said Thursday. “We have to point out the differences and what steps we took to address corruption ...

Guyana’s business community and the government have begun clamping down on smuggling of alcoholic products, cigarettes and chicken, among other products due to unfair competition, authorities said Wednesday. Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Komal Singh told an Illicit Trade Conference that the market share that several of those smugglers were currently capturing exceeds 25 to 50 percent in ...

Superintendent of Police, Karl Wilson has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and granted bail by the court, the Guyana Police Force said Thursday. Mr Wilson, who is stationed at the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters, appeared on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court #5, before Magistrate Faith McGusty. Police said he was placed on GY$75,000 bail on each ...

Three detectives of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have completed a specialist degree in Legal Support of National Security at the Rostov Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The scholarships were provided under the auspices of Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. Completing the rigorous six-year programme (for higher level education), ...

Three men were Saturday arrested shortly after they allegedly robbed a Chinese supermarket at Unity, East Coast Demerara, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. Those arrested by police from Regional Division 4’C were Anthon Fraser and Lushawn Crawford both from Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara, and Renardo Persaud of Coldingen, East Coast Demerara. Police said at about 4:10 p.m. on Saturday, ...

Two men from Stewartville, West Coast Demerara were early Saturday morning stabbed to death at Leonora, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. Police have arrested one of two prime suspects in the killing of 30-year-old Mohamed Kalameeden Nasir, a carpenter who lived at Lot 1 Stewartville and 25-year-old Arvinda Roopram, a construction worker of Lot 52 Stewartville. Police said that ...