A man accused of murder died late Friday night in hospital, three days after he was severely beaten by fellow inmates at the Lusignan Prison, police said. Dead is 30-year old Shaheed Ali of Albouystown, Georgetown. Police said the remanded prisoner was beaten by unknown prisoners on April 3 in Bay 1 at the East Coast Demerara penitentiary. The inmate ...
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GYD$50 million lawsuit filed against State for police detainee’s death
A woman is suing the State for more than GYD$50 million for the alleged unlawful death of her brother while he was in police custody earlier this year. Days after the High Court declared Shivani Sawak the legal administrator of the estate of Kallicharran Sawak, she sued the State for the multi-million dollar compensation package for the death of her ...
Read More »2016 prison fire survivor shot dead; previously charged with murder, robberies
A man, who was accused of a number of armed robberies and murder, was shot dead Thursday afternoon, three years after he and several other prisoners had been injured in a Georgetown Prison fire that killed 17 inmates. Dead is 26-year old Collis Collison, a clothes vendor of 68 William Street, Kitty. The Guyana Police Force said he was shot ...
Read More »140 Venezuelans arrive on North-West ferry
140 Venezuelan migrants arrived in Georgetown at 0500 hours Wednesday on the MV Barima which departed from Kumaka in Barima-Waini (Region One) Tuesday, Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix has confirmed. The Minister informed that the migrants were documented, immunised and taken to the Guyana Police Force’s Eve Leary headquarters in the capital Georgetown. Of the total number of migrants, about ...
Read More »Bread vendor killed during home invasion, robbery
Police are probing the early Sunday morning murder of a bread vendor at his Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara home. Investigators gave his identity as 63-year old Clairmont Telesford. Police were told that three masked men entered his home at 101 Republic Drive, Beterverwagting. One of the men was armed with a handgun. Sleuths were told that the victim’s spouse, Shondell ...
Read More »Two East Coast Demerara residents die in minibus accident, several others injured
Two residents of Vigilance and Haslington villages, East Coast Demerara, died in a minibus accident Sunday morning on the Success Public Road, police said. Dead are 58-year old Denise Cully of 89 Vigilance and 59-year old Patricia Ellis of 30 Haslington. Police said there was no trace of alcohol on the driver’s breath. However, he has been held pending a ...
Read More »Killed diamond dealer bandit identified; three others arrested
A man who was shot dead Saturday while allegedly attempting to rob a diamond dealership, has been identified as Henry Johanison, a 25-year old miner, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators were told that Johanison was shot dead inside Kay’s Diamond Enterprise Limited at Lot 288 Middle & Thomas Streets, Georgetown at about 12:10 pm. Three suspected accomplices, who were ...
Read More »Major drugs raid at Stabroek Market
Dozens of heavily armed uniformed and plainclothes police officers on Saturday morning swooped down at Stabroek Market and arrested several persons for narcotics possession. A number of vendors selling a variety of legitimate products were arrested after police allegedly found marijuana in their stalls. “This is you drugs”, a policeman told a vendor. Assisted by a sniffer dog to ascertain ...
Read More »Police Force in exploratory talks with Guyanese-owned US company for aviation wing
Top officials of the Guyana Police Force and a Guyanese-owned aviation company that is based in Florida on Thursday held exploratory talks about plans by the law enforcement agency to establish an aviation wing. Police Commissioner, Leslie James and his administrative team met with representatives of Midas Aviation Services, Inc. of Pompano Beach Airpark, Florida. “During this engagement, the discussion ...
Read More »Operation Dragnet extended indefinitely following success- Crime Chief
Operation Dragnet, a Joint Services tactic, will be extended indefinitely ahead of the next summit of Caribbean Community (Caricom) Leaders scheduled for July in Guyana, according to Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum. In an interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA), Blanhum said since Operation Dragnet began six months ago, law enforcement agents have netted in ...
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