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...
Cops rescue women at Big Hope BackdamPolice in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) on Saturday rescued four women, including two Venezuelan women, who were being held against their...
Ganja in slippers: Accused remanded to prisonEon Jordon, 30, on Friday appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly charged with smuggling cannabis inside the Prison Headquarters in...
Six months jail for woman who smuggled ganja inside Prison HQA woman who has admitted to smuggling cannabis inside the Prison Headquarters in Georgetown was on Friday sentenced to six...
Welder jailed for 13 weeks, fined $5M for ganja found in backpackRichey Sewadhan, 21, was on Friday sentenced to 13 weeks imprisonment and fined $5M after he was found guilty of...
Family demands answers, suspects foul play following death of inmate at NA PrisonDevendra Singh, a 30-year-old inmate of the New Amsterdam Prison, died on August 23, days after being hospitalised and his...
Porknocker arrested with marijuana at StewartvillePolice on Thursday arrested a 40-year-old porknocker following the discovery of 135 grams of marijuana in the bedroom of his...
Boyfriend, two brothers among four arrested for murder of Berbice woman, sonThe Guyana Police Force on Thursday confirmed that Melisa Arokium’s boyfriend is among four persons in custody for her murder...
Linden man dies moments after he jumped into creek to escape beatingA 40-year-old man from Linden, Region 10, died early Thursday morning, moments after he jumped into a creek to escape...
Businessman hammers customer to death during argument at Bartica game shopA 34-year-old businessman of 2nd Avenue, Bartica, Region Seven is in police custody as investigations are ongoing into a deadly...
Sophia man robbed, stabbed after church service remains traumatisedA 51-year-old Sophia resident remains traumatised after robbers ambushed and brutally stabbed him before stealing his phone and leaving him...
Murder suspect arrestedMark Anthony Mohan, the man who was wanted in connection with the murder of 29-year-old Bharrat Gendalall, was on Wednesday...
Venezuelan woman remanded for murder of drinking partnerDays after she confessed to the crime, Venezuelan national, Oriamna Naomi Silva Figuera was on Wednesday charged in relation to...
Murder of mother/son: Four persons being questionedFour persons are being questioned in relation to the brutal murder of a mother and her young son whose bodies...
Mother, son found dead with multiple chop wounds in Rose Hall housePolice are investigating the gruesome murder of a mother and her eight-year-old son who were found dead with multiple chop...
Duo busted trying to smuggle ganja in toothpaste & slippersA man and a woman were arrested by Police after they were caught in separate attempts to smuggle cannabis into...
Belle West man wanted for fatal stabbing at Canal No.2Days after 29-year-old Bharrat Gendalall was fatally stabbed during a confrontation at this Canal No. 2, West Bank Demerara (WBD)...
Corentyne mother reunited with one-month-old baby abducted by ex-husband A devastated Berbice mother was reunited with her one-month-old baby girl on Tuesday after the child was abducted by her...
‘Me been done give up life already’- fisherman recounts harrowing hours at seaKeston Fordyce, one of the two fishermen who were rescued on Monday after being stranded at sea for three days,...
