Tag Archives: arrest

A man, who was previously questioned in connection with the smuggling of cocaine to the United States, was arrested on Saturday after police allegedly found one AK-47 rifle, one handgun, one silencer, an assortment of ammunition and a quantity of drugs at his residence in Newtown, Georgetown. Police identified the suspect as 37-year-old Edinho Lewis of 126 Da Silva Street, ...

A Jamaican singer was shot dead Thursday morning in Sophia, Greater Georgetown and, police on Friday said they have since arrested his friend who is a taxi driver who was present when the victim opened the door. Dead is 29-year-old Navar George Barton who resided at Lot 125 Section’ A’ South Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Barton was allegedly murdered at about ...

A man suspected of being a bogus land seller was arrested on Monday at the Ministry of Housing, Brickdam for allegedly trying to defraud another man of GY$250,000 as payment for a plot of land, the Guyana Police Force said. His name has not yet been released by police who only said that the suspect is 30 years old and ...

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) was Sunday mum on whether intelligence gathering and espionage agents of its ranks on Saturday continued to engage in overt rather than covert operational activities, in contrast to decades of practice. The GPF did not acknowledge that any 0f the agents who confronted it were present during the arrest of a man on Brutus Street, ...

A 25-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly robbing a hot dog vendor at gunpoint while she was returning to her Ankerville, Port Mourant home because she was unwell, police said. “He was told of the allegation, cautioned and arrested. He remains in custody,” the Guyana Police Force said. The law enforcement agency does not routinely release the names of ...

Two men are in custody in connection with the killing of a 52-year-old woman whose body was found at Number 55 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, the Guyana Police Force said Saturday. Dead is Ninawattie “Sharda” Nandalall of Lot 14 Number 55 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. Police said an autopsy conducted on Saturday, April 13, 2024 found that the woman died as a ...

A 29-year-old man is to be slapped with several cyber crime charges after investigators unearthed evidence that he allegedly lured two children under 14 years old to send explicit pictures and videos to a Snapchat account, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators added that the pictures and videos were also posted to a Telegram group. Police said Joshua Rambarran was ...

A 15-year-old boy, who attempted to commit suicide after allegedly stabbing to death a 55-year-old man and a three-year-old boy and injuring several others, has been arrested in the company of his father, a Guyana Police Force spokesman said. “Following the arrest, it was observed that he had a stab wound to the chest area and a cut around his ...

A man who attempted to throw a bag containing drugs and other prohibited items into the Lusignan Prison compound has been arrested. He is a 40-year-old labourer of Lusignan Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara. Police say he was arrested yesterday morning at about 6:30 attempting to hurl the bag over the fence into the prison compound. The bag contained two ...

Police in Berbice say they are still probing the death of a female whose decomposing body was found in a barrel in a trench that separates the villages of Belvedere and Hampshire, Corentyne, Berbice, on Saturday morning at about 9:30. Investigators say the decomposing body bore injuries to the face, body and limbs, and a multi-coloured bed sheet was reportedly tied ...