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...
Two busted with 13.2lbs ganja in car, homePolice have arrested a man and a woman, both 35, after 6, 015 grams (13.2 pounds) of marijuana was found...
SOCU warns Guyanese against falling prey to Nigerian ‘romance scams’Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Senior Superintendent Fazil Karimbaksh says there is a sharp rise in cases...
Partly decomposed body of Berbice man found in canalThe partly decomposed body of a 24-year-old man was found inside a canal at Edinburgh Sideline Dam in Region Six...
Teenager wanted by police for murder The Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for 19-year-old Joshua Williams who is wanted in connection with the murder...
Photographer, accused of being ‘Mudwata’, released on $100k bail for cyberbullying offencePhotographer Keron Bruce was on Friday released on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Sunil Scarce for a cyberbullying crime. Bruce, 35,...
Labourer remanded for murder of boy, 16A 45-year-old labourer was on Thursday remanded to prison for the murder of 16-year-old Isaiah Smith, who was stabbed during...
14 years jail for man who brutally chopped pregnant womanRichard Mohammed was on Thursday sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for the brutal chopping of a pregnant woman in 2021....
Homeless man found dead with burns about the bodyPolice in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) are investigating the death of Chatterpaul ‘Quarry’ Budhiprasad, a 68-year-old homeless man. Budhiprasad...
National footballer beaten with shotgun during Tucville home invasionA national youth footballer is nursing injuries about his body after being beaten with a shotgun by a well-known character...
CANU, Edu. Ministry to tackle drugs in schoolsThe Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is working with the Ministry of Education and other agencies to tackle the issue of...
Man, 32, murdered during fight at Goed Intent restaurantDevon Cummings, a 32-year-old man from Sister’s Village on the West Bank of Demerara (WBD), died after he was chopped...
Essequibo fisherman missing following boat accident in SurinameThe authorities are desperately searching for a 52-year-old fisherman who went missing after two boats collided in Suriname waters on...
Another fisherman missing after falling overboard in Corentyne RiverJust days after a No.79 Village fisherman fell overboard in the Corentyne River and his body recovered, another fisherman of...
Top Cop tells Commanders to get their divisions in order by MondayNewly appointed Commissioner of Police (ag) Clifton Hicken has implored all 12 Police Commanders to “put your houses in order”...
BK employee charged with murderAn employee attached to BK Quarries was charged with the murder of 69-year-old Pitamber Sharma when he appeared at the...
Murdered 16-Y-0 boy had plans to join Police ForceSixteen-year-old Isaiah Smith who was brutally stabbed to death on Monday afternoon in Albouystown, Georgetown, had plans to join the...
Theft at Drugs Bond: Health Director, three others arrested The Director of the Materials Management Unit (MMU) of the Ministry of Health Cecil Jacques was arrested on Tuesday in...
Woman dies in early morning accident, speeding minibus driver arrestedAn accident on the La Penitence Public Road in Georgetown on Tuesday morning claimed the life of 59-year-old Debra Salikram,...
