Crime
Smithfield woman granted $500,000 bail after caught with ganjaA woman from Smithfield, Berbice, has been granted bail set at $500,000 after she was caught with 345 pounds of marijuana. On January 24, 2026, Sarafina Pitt, 32, a housewife, and Shamay Bryan, 33, a grocery shop owner, were reportedly found with approximately 345.8 pounds of cannabis in Number 10 Village, West Coast Berbice, with...
$2.8B for a better Georgetown, major markets and green spaces to be upgradedGeorgetown’s iconic markets, historic buildings and community spaces are set for a major facelift this year, as government moves ahead...
Police silent on probe into murder of Rupununi tour guide, family considering second autopsy Frustration is mounting for the family of tour guide, Leon Baird as they say Police have not provided any recent...
Search on for two suspects who stabbed Sophia manPolice are on the hunt for two suspects who allegedly stabbed Shaquille Leacock, a 24-year-old unemployed resident of ‘C’ Field...
Three Guyana Police Force training centres receive International AccreditationThe United States Embassy in Georgetown, together with the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) and Guyana Police Force (GPF), are...
Three passengers arrested as GRA seizes over 240 ounces of gold at CJIACustoms Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Tuesday seized a quantity of gold jewelry from three (3) passengers, two...
Unlicensed teen driver arrested for Rose Hall hit & run accidentPolice have arrested an unlicensed 17-year-old girl who was allegedly responsible for the hit and run accident which claimed the...
Adventure man shot, robbed by masked bandit Charran Ragoobeer, 46, of Adventure, Essequibo Coast, was robbed Monday night of two gold chains and a gold ring by...
Man arrested trying to smuggle phone into Timehri PrisonA Friendship, East Bank Demerara man was arrested on Monday while attempting to smuggle a phone concealed in a powder...
Albouystown man on $100k bail for possession of cannabisAn Albouystown, Georgetown resident was on Monday granted $100,000 bail after he denied having 44 grams of cannabis in his...
Speeding pickup crashes into pedestrian; driver flees sceneA 29-year-old Berbice man was killed Sunday night when a speeding pickup crashed into him. Dead is Deonarine Budhram of...
Sergeant under close arrest for assaulting civilian during road rage incidentThe Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has launched an investigation into the assault of a man by a Police Sergeant...
Three nabbed with cannabis at Port Kaituma campThree persons, including two teenagers, were arrested following the discovery of 8,232 grammes of cannabis in a five-gallon jar at...
Miner dies in mining pit collapseA 27-year-old miner lost his life last Saturday after the mining pit he was working in at Frenchman Backdam, Region...
Vagrant dies in early morning accidentAn accident on the Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road, West Coast Demerara during the early hours of Saturday morning resulted in the...
Police Sergeant dies in Montrose accidentPolice Sergeant Renaldo Brumel died on Saturday morning following an accident on the Montrose Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD)....
Chinese supermarket owner robbed of cash, phone cardsPolice are investigating an incident in which a 22-year-old Chinese supermarket owner was held at gunpoint and robbed of an...
Re-migrant electrocuted while tampering with GPL connectionSixty-three-year-old re-migrant Shri Maan Somraj called “Loch” was electrocuted on Thursday as he tampered with a GPL meter from which...
OPR investigating incident with cop ‘scolding minors’The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is investigating a complaint against a member of the Guyana Police Force stationed at...
Motorcyclist dies after colliding with GPL poleTwenty-three-year-old Vickash Singh died on Friday morning after he lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a Guyana Power...
Fisherman, 56, dies after car driven by brother crashes into light poleA 56-year-old fisherman died after the car in which he was travelling reportedly crashed into a light pole on the...
