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...
Deaths at Marriott: Test confirms cyanidePreliminary analysis of the ‘whitish hard’ substance found in the back seat of the vehicle where two friends were found...
Man choked wife to death, wrapped body in bedsheet & dragged to graveIn what can be considered one of the most bizarre crimes of recent, the community of Kilcoy/Chesney on the Corentyne...
Deaths at Marriott: Results expected within a week’s time – Home Affairs MinisterThe results of the substance found in the car where two friends were discovered dead are expected within a week’s...
Berbice woman found dead in shallow grave; husband confesses to murderA man who brutally murdered his wife and buried her in a shallow grave has confessed to the crime and...
Premier of BVI arrested in US in cocaine smuggling scheme[Miami Herald] – The premier of the British Virgin Islands and the director of the small Caribbean territory’s ports were...
North Sophia man wanted for murderThe Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for Denzil Haynes, 24, in relation to the murder of 27-year-old...
Cops looking for businessman who ‘accidentally’ shot GRA’s scannerPolice are searching for a 55-year-old businessman of Harlem, West Coast Demerara who accidentally discharged his firearm and damaged a...
Speeding minibus crashes into car, grader at Uitvlugt; several injuredSeveral people were injured after a speeding minibus lost control while overtaking a car along the Uitvlugt Public Road on...
Girl, 9, struck down on pedestrian crossing; driver arrestedA nine-year-old schoolgirl of Tain Primary School, Corentyne Berbice was struck down by a hire car while on the pedestrian...
Gunman invades Anna Regina store, ties up staffThree employees of ICAN Technologies at Anna Regina, Region Two have been left in a traumatised state after a lone...
Drunk driver crashes into car driven by boy, 14Police have arrested 25-year-old Surendranauth Gopaul of Auchlyne Estate, Corentyne Berbice after he crashed into a car driven by 14-year-old...
Venezuelan woman found dead in shallow grave in Reg. 7Police are investigating the murder of 49-year-old Deissy Antury Perdomo, a Venezuelan national, whose body was found in a “four...
Taxi driver charged with robbing businessman of 12 gold chainsA 22-year-old taxi driver of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was remanded to prison for allegedly robbing a businessman of 12 gold...
North West man remanded for murder of foster sonNigel Abraham, 30, of North West District, was charged with the murder of his 19-year-old foster son. He appeared virtually...
Computers, TV, fan stolen from Granger’s D’Urban backlands housePolice are investigating the burglary of Chetwynd Learning Centre at Thorne Drive, D’Urban Backlands – the former residence of ex-President...
Labourer, 27, dies two weeks after shooting in SophiaTwo weeks after he was shot during an argument in North Sophia, Greater Georgetown, Yardan Jacobs, 27, succumbed to his...
Murder accused surrenders after 4 years in hiding, remanded to prisonDamian Bissoon, who was on the run from the police for the last four years, was on Wednesday finally charged...
Security officer dies three days after accident at PlaisanceA 29-year-old security officer died on Tuesday night at the Woodlands Hospital in Georgetown, three days after a car crashed...
