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...
Eleven persons homeless after Covent Garden fireAlmost a dozen persons were displaced and several others affected after a fire of electrical origin gutted two Covent Garden,...
Wanted bulletin issued for attempted murder suspectPolice Headquarters on Tuesday issued a wanted bulletin for Bernard Dove, a 41-year-old man, who badly injured 31-year-old Devon Williams...
Nurse, husband on $1.5M bail each over multi-million raw gold theftA 22-year-old nurse and her 25-year-old husband, accused of stealing 208 ounces of raw worth more than $76M, were on...
Respect the Road: Police Force launches campaign reduce road accidentsIn an effort to improve road safety and reduce accidents on the roadways, the Guyana Police Force in collaboration with...
Drug trafficking charge against businessman dismissedA drug trafficking charge against businessman Gavin Blackman was on Friday dismissed by Magistrate Faith McGusty due to a lack...
Taxi driver, 27, arrested after robbing two womenQuincy Barker, a 27-year-old taxi driver of Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was arrested on Friday, about two weeks after...
Diamond businessman, wife robbed of $6MWange Wi, a 32-year-old Chinese businessman of Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), and his 31-year-old wife were held...
$17M worth of ganja found at Crabwood CreekOfficers of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) found several packages of cannabis, amounting to 57.6 kilogrammes (or 127 pounds), in...
Man, 31, badly injured after altercation, Police on the hunt for suspectDevon Williams, a 31-year-old resident of Falls Top Village in Region One (Barima- Waini), is receiving much-needed medical attention at...
Labourer drowns at Golden FleeceA labourer who was cleaning a trench aback Golden Fleece in Region Two (Pomeroon- Supenaam) drowned on Saturday. Dead is...
CANU seized nearly 1,500 lbs of drugs worth $213M at half-yearThe Customs Anti- Narcotic Unit (CANU) seized 667.4 kilogrammes (or about 1,471 pounds) of various narcotics between January and June...
Missing Soesdyke man found deadA 56-year-old man who was reported missing for three days, was found dead on Friday morning near a farm in...
Mahaica man busted with $1.3M in cocaineRanks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Thursday arrested a 52-year-old man following the discovery of 2.7 lbs of...
Prison officer allegedly caught with ganja remanded to prisonTwenty-six-year-old Keifer Lindore of Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, charged with the...
Life imprisonment for trio who robbed, murdered vendorThree men were on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2017 murder of 51-year-old Dhanpaul Dookie called ‘Pauline’, who...
One year jail for man found with unlicensed gun, ammoThirty-year-old Dwayne Lawrence of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday where he was sentenced for...
10 years jail for ‘Godie Man’ who stalked, killed mother of fiveA 53-year-old man was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the death of 34-year-old mother of five, Nadina...
Extradition request to be made soon for couple wanted in murder of CopNow that it is confirmed that the skeletal remains are indeed his, the authorities have substantial evidence to embark on...
