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A woman on Monday alleged that she was raped for four minutes and robbed of GY$660,000 in valuables and cash by an armed bandit, who entered her Amelia’s Ward, Linden, residence through an unlocked door, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. The 42-year-old woman said the incident occurred at about 1:30 am. She told investigators that initially she told the ...

Three Portuguese-speaking men were arrested in neighbouring Brazil after they allegedly robbed a Chinese-owned store in Lethem and opened fire on Guyanese police during their escape across the border, police said Monday. “A Joint-Services patrol team was subsequently formed in an effort to locate the alleged suspects — all three of whom were arrested and are in custody in Brazil,” ...

A welder and his girlfriend were early Friday morning robbed of GY$350,000 in cash and valuables by a lone gunman who pounced on them, police said. The robbery victims are Welder, 29-year-old Mikel Brandt and 26-year-old Alana Bamfield, both of Stevedore Housing Scheme, Georgetown. Police said the robbery occurred at about 1:15 a.m. when the robber ambushed the two victims ...

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lieutenant and two government department Natural Resources officers were among five Guyanese and four Brazilians who were abducted and robbed of gold and guns, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. The items stolen were an undisclosed quantity of raw gold, two Glock pistols and one Movado watch valued GY$140,000. Investigators were told that at about ...

One of two suspected robbers was killed on Saturday at the Port Mourant Market, Corentyne and all of the stolen gold and silver jewellery were recovered from his possession, police said on Sunday. Dead is 18-year-old Parmand “Mikey” Pertab of Lot 45 “C” Hampshire Village, Corentyne Berbice. Investigators were informed that at about 9:15 Saturday morning, Pertab, who was armed ...

A suspected bandit was Monday morning shot and killed by the pawnbroker at a jewellery store and pawnshop on Trinity and Main streets, New Amsterdam, shortly after a customer was robbed and shot on the business premises, police said. “The owner, a licensed firearm holder, on hearing the commotion, immediately returned fire, causing the two suspects to flee with the ...

Four men tied up an off-duty fireman, who was moonlighting as a taxi driver, bundled him into the back seat of his car and drove the vehicle to rob a businesswoman at Ruimzight, West Coast Demerara, but eventually one of them was caught and he has since identified his accomplices, police said. The fireman, 50-year-old Garfield “Carry” Benjamin, is attached ...

Police were Wednesday night searching for a Venezuelan man who is wanted for the stabbing death of a Guyanese man and injury to his Venezuelan girlfriend during a robbery. Dead is 33-year-old Ken Sukhdeo of Mocha, East Bank Demerara. Investigators said they were informed that the incident occurred at about 10:10 hours Tuesday night at Vreed-en-Rust, East Bank Demerara. Police ...

After successfully forcing three bandits out of his house early Sunday morning, a West Bank Demerara construction worker was shot dead as he confronted the trio with a cutlass in his yard at 2806 Westminster Housing Scheme. The incident involving the victim, 69-year-old Jairam Ramkishun, occurred at about 1:30 a.m., the Guyana Police Force said. According to the police based ...

Two motorcyclists, clad in what appeared to be police uniforms, Wednesday night allegedly robbed the manager of Toucan Distributors Limited of GY$10 million at Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s (GBTI) compound on Young Street, Kingston, Georgetown. police said. “The man observed that the motorcyclists were ‘Policemen’-suspects dressed in Police uniforms. As such, the 65-year-old walked towards the Deposit vault ...