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...
‘Police have no direct control of crime’ – Top Cop reports decrease in serious crimes; increase in rape Declaring that the police have no direct control of crime, Police Commissioner (ag), Nigel Hoppie, on Thursday announced that at...
Top Cop urges ‘professional conduct’ as 29 ranks are before the courtsDuring an awards ceremony on Thursday to recognise the outstanding work of some 3,258 members of the Guyana Police Force,...
Two men arrested after police find 6,000 ganja plants, ammoTwo men, aged 24 and 53, were arrested on Wednesday after police officers carried out an intelligence-led operation at a...
Woman charged with attempted murder, victim in critical conditionA 53-year-old vendor was on Wednesday remanded to prison on a charge of attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed a...
Life imprisonment for duo who murdered man at Minibus ParkTwo men were on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving 15 years for the...
Mason remanded on armed robbery chargeA 25-year-old mason was on Wednesday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan for the offence of armed robbery....
Nephew charged with murder over beating death of Leguan manMelroy Moore, the 27-year-old man of Phoenix, Leguan Island who clubbed his 51-year-old uncle to death with a piece of...
Case file on Haresh Singh murder not missing – Crime ChiefCrime Chief, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum on Tuesday rebuffed reports that the case file on the investigations into the murder...
Cop collapses, dies at homePolice are investigating the sudden death of one of their colleagues, Lance Corporal Albert Perreira, 44, who collapsed and died...
Charge dismissed against DJ accused of noise nuisanceCity Magistrate Leron Daly on Tuesday dismissed the charge against Tony Bowen, a Disc Jockey (DJ) known as ‘Mix Master...
Six arrested as 3:00 a.m raid unearths ammunition, ganja at Sophia houseSix persons, including two females, were arrested by the police in the wee hours of Tuesday following the discovery of...
Body of Harbour Bridge jumper washes ashore at Kingston seawallThe search for Dellon Thorn, the man who allegedly jumped off the Demerara Harbour Bridge on Sunday, ended early Tuesday...
One freed; retrial for second man in 2013 Mash Day murder of businessmanOne of the men accused of the brutal murder of Enterprise businessman, Kumar Mohabir, was on Monday acquitted of the...
Paramakatoi man stabbed to death at mining campA miner from Paramakatoi, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), Damieon (only name given) called ‘Wild Buck’ was stabbed to death during an...
UPDATE: Landlady under police guard as investigations into stabbing of GRA officer continueJacklyn Lamaizon, the landlady who rented an apartment to 24-year-old Dwayne Taitt who was stabbed to death, was under police...
GRA enforcement officer stabbed to death in rent disputeDwayne Daniel Taitt, 24, an enforcement officer attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), was stabbed to death just after...
Boy, 10, drowns at Hope SeawallA 10-year-old identified, as Anand Mangroo of Lot 380 Hope, Lowlands, East Coast Demerara, drowned on Sunday afternoon between 16:00hrs...
18-month-old drowns in bucket of waterAn 18-month-old girl, Orinda August, of Potsville, Kwakwani, near the Berbice River in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), drowned in a...
