Crime

Three persons were Thursday charged with an armed robbery they allegedly committed on a contractor  during an invasion of his home earlier this month, police said. They were jointly charged with the offence allegedly committed on Alex Aldridge on April 6 at 23 Goedverwagting Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara.  They were refused bail and ordered to return to court on ...

A woman, who allegedly stabbed a 4-year old child, has been charged with attempted murder. Police say that 29-year old Padmini Dwarka of 185 Timehri Cemetery Road, East Bank Demerara was granted $150,000 bail. She is accused of stabbing four-year old Zahara Lewis of  Lot 185 Timehri Cemetery Road Ms. Dwarka was not required to plead to the charge when ...

The Guyana Police Force has sought the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on the alleged verbal abuse, including racially offensive remarks,  against a policeman by a city lawyer, Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken said Thursday. “The file was completed and it was sent through DCLE (Deputy Commissioner- Law Enforcement) for advice by the DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions),” ...

Eight persons have been arrested in connection with two separate drug busts in Georgetown and Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. That agency said five persons were arrested on Tuesday at a house at 295 Shantiniketan Street, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown. The agency says the 11 kilogrammes of cocaine is valued at more than GY$12 million and ...

Even as the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Wednesday called on President Irfaan Ali to order an independent probe into Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall’s alleged disrespect for women, the Guyanese leader said the offended should go to the police. “There is a procedure in dealing with these matters so those procedures have to be utilised and followed,” he told ...

An Afro-Guyanese policewoman, who has accused an Indo-Guyanese lawyer of using racial slurs against her while she was on duty at his father’s residence, is seeking GY$150 million in damages for allegedly defaming her. “By reason of the publication of the said  column, the claimant has been severely injured in reputation, credit, subject to ridicule and lowered in the estimation ...

Three men were arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged discovery of GY$79 million worth of marijuana in a house at De Veldt, Upper Berbice River, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. With assistance from the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard, the anti-drug agency seized 717 kilogrammes (1,580 pounds) of compressed marijuana. “The cannabis seized is believed to have ...

Pressure on Friday intensified for a lawyer to be investigated for allegedly assaulting, verbally abusing  hurling racial slurs against a policewoman who was on duty at the residence of his father. But the Guyana Police Force was Friday officially silent on allegations by the policewoman of the Constabulary section. Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie declined to take calls or respond to ...

An employee of the Ministry of Health’s Drug Bond at Diamond, East Bank Demerara was Monday arrested after police said they found a number of guns, ammunition and cash in his car, and he allegedly offered investigators GY$1.7 million to drop the charges, police said Monday. “Well Sir tek de whole bag a money all I want is me freedom,” ...

A Customs Enforcement Officer , who is implicated in the shooting injury of two horse cart operators in a vacant land next to his home, on Thursday pleaded not guilty and was granted a total of GY$200,000 bail.  The case was postponed to March 20th, 2022 for statements. Police said  Sparendaam Magistrate R. Liverpool  arraigned 49-year old David Ali on ...