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...
Essequibo resident on $100,000 bail for causing death of pillion riderMore than a year after pillion rider, Nigel Knights lost his life after the ATV he was on collided with...
Berbice man nabbed with firecrackers in car trunkA self-employed man from Whim, Corentyne, Berbice, was arrested by the police after firecrackers were discovered in the trunk of...
Venezuelans arrested with narcotics in car at Demerara Harbour BridgePolice on Monday arrested two Venezuelan nationals following the discovery of 11,000 grams of narcotics in the car in which...
Miner, 65, arrested after giving gun to unlicensed friend for safe keepingA licensed firearm holder and construction worker are in police custody after the latter was found with the gun and...
Miner, 16, stabbed to death after refusing to let attacker dance with womanRaymond Cozier, a 16-year-old Miner of Isseneru Village, Middle Mazaruni River was stabbed to death in the wee hours of...
UPDATE: Teenager arrested for Canje murderPolice have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in connection with the fatal stabbing of Shawn Persaud, a 17-year-old called “Buckman” of...
19-Y-0 dies in Mon Repos accidentAn accident on Agriculture Road, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara in the wee hours of Sunday claimed the life of...
Boy, 17, wanted for fatal stabbing in BerbicePolice on Sunday said they are yet to apprehend the suspect in the fatal stabbing of Shawn Persaud called ‘Buckman’,...
Man stabbed to death in CanjePolice are on the hunt for a suspect in a fatal stabbing incident on Saturday night in East Canje Berbice....
Police shoot, kill alleged robbery suspect at AnnandalePolice early Saturday shot and killed a 23-year-old man who was allegedly wanted for a series of armed robberies between...
President wants police ranks ‘out of the station and involved in the community’Complaints by residents of Albertown and Queenstown on Friday prompted an immediate directive from President Irfaan Ali for police ranks...
Cellphone thief to spend Christmas behind barsCity Magistrate Leron Daly on Friday remanded Joshua Craig to prison, until February next year, on charges of violently robbing...
Real Estate Director gets bail in $26M house lot scamThe Director of SMS Realty and Development, Mohammed Shaheed, was released on $500,000 bail on Friday after he was charged...
Carpenter, 63, remanded on cocaine trafficking chargeA 63-year-old carpenter, who was allegedly caught red-headed by police while “cutting up” cocaine and packaging it in ziploc bags,...
Pensioner succumbs days after accident, Policeman in custodyA week after being struck by a Police Lance Corporal with his bus at Bengal Farm, Corentyne, 73-year-old Walter Jaundoo...
Loaded Revolver found in female washroom at CJIAA loaded .38 revolver was found in a washroom in the departure lounge of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA)...
Man, 58, found lifeless, locked in vehicle at Promenade GardensThe body of a 58-year-old man was on Friday morning discovered in his vehicle which was parked in the compound...
Peter’s Hall man arrested for ‘inhumane treatment’ of Venezuelan nationalsAhmad Ally, a 37-year-old man from Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara was arrested by police ranks after a video surfaced...
