Crime

The body of 53-year-old Waynumattie Permaul called ‘Datalin’ was found this morning in a shallow grave in her yard at Kilcoy Chesney, Corentyne Berbice, police said. Her son, 30-year-old cricketer Veersammy Permaul visited the Police Station in Berbice yesterday (April 28th, 2022) and reported that his mom has been missing since April 22nd, 2022. Commander for Regional Police Division #6, ...

Venezuelan woman has been chopped to death and buried in a shallow grave at Eteringbang, Cuyuni River. Police say her reputed husband has since been taken into custody to assist with investigations.  The woman has been identified as 49-year old Deissy Antury Perdomo who was a clothes vendor and small-scale gold miner. Investigators say that she was killed between April ...

The premier of the British Virgin Islands and the director of the small Caribbean territory’s ports were arrested Thursday at a Miami-area airport by federal agents on charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and money laundering. Premier Andrew Fahie  and manager director of the port authority, Oleanvine Maynard  were taken into custody by Drug Enforcement Administration ...

A 9.6 kilogramme cocaine bust from a former media worker, minutes before she was due to board a flight to the United States (US), has led to the arrest of a former anti-narcotics agent and a serving Customs Officer, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said on Monday. The law enforcement agency said 25-year old Zanneel Nirmala Williams of 181 Lamaha ...

Police have arrested two of three men who allegedly robbed a businessman of 12 gold chains worth GY$1.5 million on Friday night, that law enforcement agency said Saturday. Commander for Regional Division #3, Senior Superintendent Mahendra Siwnarine said 30-year old Ren Persaud of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara was robbed three identifiable males, two of whom were armed with ...

A prime suspect in an armed robbery of a vendor in Sophia, Greater Georgetown and seven other men stormed the home of the victim several hours after he reported the incident to police, investigators said Saturday. Twenty-seven year old Glenroy Griffith of ‘B’ Field, Sophia told police that at about 4:30 Friday afternoon, he and several other persons were liming ...

Guyana National Forensic Laboratory experts on Saturday ruled out the rock-like substances, found in a car with the bodies of two dead men on the Marriott Hotel parking lot, being narcotics but they suspect that it is sodium cyanide which is lethal in small quantities. The Guyana Police Force said it could not test for sodium cyanide and so the ...

A Guyanese man, who is wanted in his native country for murder, has been arrested in neighbouring Suriname for having committing a sexual offence with an 11-year old girl, Surinamese police said Thursday. The Suriname Police Corps said a special team from the Youth Affairs Department on Wednesday, April 20 arrested 33-year-old Samuel Chase S. after a thorough investigation. Head ...

A policewoman has filed a private criminal charge under Guyana’s Racial Hostility Law. Woman Constable Shawnette Bollers, who is an Afro-Guyanese, filed the charge against Indo-Guyanese lawyer, Nirvan Singh. Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan granted the lawyer $100,000 bail and ordered that he return to court next month. Particulars of the charge state that on March 20, he excited or ...

A civil engineer is expected to be charged with causing death by dangerous driving on Easter Monday night, police said on Tuesday. Police say 34-year old Randolph Hunte of Fort Ordinance Housing Scheme, East Canje Berbice has been already served with a notice of prosecution. Dead is 41-year old Rada Panday of Third Street, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. Police ...