Crime

A suspected serial robber, who was involved in a shootout with police, was early Tuesday morning arrested at the Woodlands Hospital. He has been identified as William De Abreu. At the time of his arrest at about 1 AM Tuesday , he had received treatment for a gunshot injury to his left leg. Police say he and two other persons ...

A suspect linked to the stabbing death of a labourer at Smythfield, New Amsterdam on Monday remained in custody, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 40-year old Mark Griffith. He was found by his sister in a trench with a stab wound to his chest. Police said he died while being treated at the New Amsterdam Hospital. Police said ...

Three men have been arrested for allegedly maliciously damaging a car at the Blankenburg gas station, West Coast Demerara after the driver honked his horn at them because they were in the pathway leading to the gasoline pump. The man, whose car has been damaged, has been identified as 49-year old Harricharran Alfred of Zeelugt New Housing Scheme, East Bank ...

A man from Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara is in police custody in connection with the seizure of a gun from his home. The 43-year old man told police that he had found the gun on the St. Cuthbert’s Mission trail. Investigators say they went to the man’s home Friday afternoon shortly before 4 PM and  found the point-38 revolver ...

Amid concerns by sections of the public that the three men, who were Friday arraigned for the murder of the Henry cousins last September, were facing trumped up charges because the police were under increasing pressure, top police officials insisted that investigators have incontrovertible evidence. The police sources said the Major Crimes Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have ...

Investigators have been advised to charge three men with the murder of the Henry cousins inn West Berbice in early September, 2020, according to well-placed sources. Sources said the advice was provided by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Chambers earlier Thursday that Vinod “Magga” Gopaul and Anil “Tampoie” Sanchara be charged jointly with the murder of Joel and Isaiah ...

A businessman and his wife were Monday night robbed of two guns, GYD$10 million and jewellery by three Venezuelans who escaped by boat to Imbotero near the border with neighbouring Spanish-speaking nation, Guyanese police said. The robbery victims are 56-year old Elroy Allam and his 22-year old reputed wife, Shonna Campbell, of Waterfront, Port Kaituma, North West District. They told ...

A  badly beaten man, who was remanded to prison pending trial for allegedly stealing a car, was found dead in the Lusignan Prison  two days after he was admitted an inmate there “Prisoner Samuels was admitted to prison with several injuries to his body which were inflicted by the public as a result of the alleged offence he committed,” Director ...

A 23-year old labourer of Goed Fortin, West Bank Demerara is among eight persons who have been arrested. Police  say they specifically targeted the labourer in a raid conducted yesterday afternoon for drugs, guns, ammunition and stolen articles.’ No guns or ammunition were found at his home, but police say they found 30 grammes of suspected marijuana in a bulky ...

The Coast Guards of Guyana and the United States (US) are Saturday due to begin joint exercises offshore Guyana, four months after the two countries activated the Shiprider Agreement that allows for joint marine and air operations to counter narcotrafficking and other illegal activities. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said the US Coast Guard cutter, Stone, which is in the ...