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...
Man drowns after boat capsizes in Pomeroon RiverA popular boat builder of Jacklow, Upper Pomeroon died on Sunday after the boat he was operating capsized in the...
Youth pleads not guilty to brutal murder of Berbice coupleA 24-year-old man on Monday pleaded not guilty to the 2016 brutal murder of businessman Arthur Rajkumar, 81, and his...
Life imprisonment for taxi driver who murdered wifeTaxi driver Gavin Gill was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving 30 years...
‘You’re unfit to dwell with human beings’ – Man sentenced to death for murder of British teenAaron Hing was on Friday sentenced to death after a 12-member jury at the Berbice High Court found him guilty...
Doctor died from multiple blunt trauma to head; prime suspect confessesA Post Mortem Examination (PME) conducted on the body of 49-year-old Dr Colin Roach found that he died from multiple...
3 years jail for ex-army man in multi-million-dollar gold heistFormer sergeant of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Keyon King, who confessed to the multi-million-dollar gold heist of Wallison Enterprise...
Prime suspect identified in murder of prominent doctorThe main suspect in the murder of a well-known doctor has been identified as 19-year-old Hilton Oliver Junior Franklin. He...
Foreigners on suspicious aircraft say they were lost while looking for gold Two foreigners have been detained by police after they landed at the Mahdia Airstrip in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) in an...
Old grievance over woman ends in deathPolice have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with the murder of a Barnwell North, Mocha East Bank Demerara man...
Essequibo man stabbed to death during row over moneyPolice are on the hunt for the main suspect in the murder of 38-year-old Andre Collison known as ‘DJ Choppy’...
Prime suspect arrested in murder of doctorRanks of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Friday arrested the main suspect in the murder of Dr Colin Roach...
Murdered doctor’s Audi found abandoned at Schoonard, appeared to have been ‘wiped down’Police on the West Bank of Demerara in the wee hours of Thursday recovered the missing Audi SUV belonging to...
16-year-old alleged bandit shot dead by ‘plain clothes’ cop in Stabroek MarketAn alleged bandit who attempted to rob a woman of her gold chain on Wednesday afternoon was shot dead by...
Youth charged with armed robberies committed at Kitty jewellery shopA 24-year-old construction worker was on Wednesday remanded to prison for the armed robbery committed on five people at a...
Police issue wanted bulletin for former Head of SOCUThe Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for former head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Sydney...
Great loss as murdered doctor was a pioneer in local medicine – Health MinistrySee below the full statement from the Ministry of Health following the murder of well-known doctor Dr. Colin Roach: The...
Man wanted for friend’s murder dies by suicideDavin Persaud called ‘Chrissy’, the man wanted for the October 21 murder of Trevor Allen at Parika, East Bank Essequibo...
Woman who smuggled ganja in blue soap into prison given 6-month community serviceThe 20-year-old woman who was caught smuggling marijuana inside blue soap into the Lusignan Prison on the East Coast of...
