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...
Tuschen businessman murdered in house; was tied up, mouth stuffed with clothPolice are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 59-year-old businessman of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo whose...
Decomposed body of pensioner found in Linden houseThe decomposed body of 73-year-old Edwin Tudor was discovered early Sunday morning at his Bayroc Wismar Linden house. The police...
Three arrested after CANU finds over $1.8M in ganjaThree men were taken into police custody on Friday after ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) discovered a...
22-Y-0 bandit drowns while fleeing from LBI residents after robbing 3 womenThe body of a 22-year-old bandit was recovered by residents from a canal that separates LBI and Chateau Margot on...
Timehri Prison: cops find drugs, cellphones, improvised weaponsAn early morning search conducted on three dormitories at the Timehri Prison on the East Bank of Demerara on Saturday...
Cops seize boats with $20M worth of ganja in Berbice RiverLaw Enforcement Officers in the wee hours seized two wooden boats and approximately 672 lbs of cannabis sativa worth $20...
Corentyne businesswoman beaten, robbed by gunmenA 46-year-old businesswoman of No. 69 Village, Corentyne Berbice is nursing injuries to her hands after two armed men accosted...
Bandits cart with three safes, cannister with cash from DHLPolice are investigating an alleged robbery that took place at about 03:23hrs on Friday at the DHL building in Alberttown,...
Policeman roams free after reportedly beating, chopping off wife’s hairThe fear of being murdered by her reputed husband, who is a Police Constable in the Guyana Police Force (GPF),...
Man who drove away from police road block caught with 9lbs of ganjaA 34-year-old driver was arrested by police in the wee hours of Friday moments after he drove away from a...
Brazilian gold miner stabbed to death during argumentPolice are on the hunt for a 35-year-old Brazilian man who reportedly stabbed a so far unidentified Brazilian gold miner...
Police find abandoned motorcycles in BerbiceThree abandoned motorcycles were discovered at Lighttown Village, East Bank Berbice early Friday. They are a black and green XTZ...
Fisherman, 47, drowns at No. 63 BeachThe body of 47-year-old Vanryck Persaud was found floating next to his fishing seine at the No. 63 Beach, Corentyne,...
Corentyne man charged with assaulting wife with cutlassA 53-year-old man of No. 47 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was charged and remanded to prison on Thursday for causing actual...
Berbice man accused of raping three teen boys remanded to prisonThirty-nine-year old Ravello Tyndall of Corentyne, Berbice appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Renita Singh charged with three...
Sophia woman dies in Eccles accident, motorcyclist in critical conditionA 41-year-old truck driver is in police custody after he reportedly reversed into a motorcycle killing pillion rider, Roxanne Daniels,...
Man jailed for life for ‘violent and savage’ murder of British teenTwenty-eight-year-old Staymon George, one of several persons implicated in the gruesome murder of British teen Dominic Bernard six years ago,...
Man who attempted to snatch woman’s purse caught by citizensQuick action by residents of Grove, East Bank Demerara, on Wednesday led to the arrest of a man who allegedly...
