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 arrest 15 persons in Bartica for not wearing face masksFifteen persons were arrested and released on bail in Bartica on Monday for not wearing a face mask during an...
Alleged ‘chain snatcher’ released on bailA 19-year-old Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara resident, was, on Monday released on $150,000 bail for allegedly snatching a woman’s...
15 years jail for Linden man who killed ex-lover’s husbandCorwyn Arthur, known as ‘Cross Eye’, who confessed to fatally stabbing his ex-lover’s husband in 2018, at Amelia’s Ward, Linden,...
Linden woman died from single gunshot to headA post-mortem examination conducted on the body of 20-year-old Shonnette Dover, who was missing for more than three weeks, found...
Man handed two life sentences for ‘cold, calculated and brutal’ 2015 murdersOrpheus Johnson was on Monday handed two life sentences for killing two men in 2015, along with the attempted murder...
Man found guilty of raping girl, 16Vickram Persaud was on Monday convicted by a 12-member jury for the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2009. Persaud...
Masked bandits shoot at businessman’s son, escape with gold chainA Triumph, East Coast Demerara businessman was relieved of his gold chain by two gun-toting bandits who accosted him and...
Woman among three bandits who posed as passengers to rob Taxi DriverDelroy Adonis, a taxi driver of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara was relieved of his motorcar, cash, and cellphone...
Arson suspected at family house of killer boyfriendPolice in Linden are investigating the circumstances relating to a fire at the house of Mary Alleyne, the grandmother of...
Suspected intruder shot three times by businessmanA 20-year-old man is said to be in a stable condition at the Mabaruma Hospital nursing three gunshot wounds to...
Berbice woman stabbed to face, head by ex-boyfriendPolice are on the hunt for a man who beat and stabbed his ex-girlfriend at her Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme...
Wanted bulletin issued for suspect in ‘Back Circle’ murderThe Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for 29-year-old Rondell Richardson in connection with the murder of Jomal...
11 homeless as Linden house goes up in flamesEleven persons are now homeless following a fire that destroyed a house at lot 146 Dageraad Avenue, Mackenzie, Linden on...
D’Urban Street murder suspect succumbsLawrence Brummell, the 50-year-old man who reportedly ingested a poisonous substance after stabbing his partner to death at her D’Urban...
Cutlass-wielding bandits beat, rob Corentyne coupleTwo bandits, armed with cutlasses, woke up a #69 Village, Corentyne Berbice couple minutes after midnight on Saturday and robbed...
Man, 29, stabbed to death over cell phonePolice are on the hunt for the main suspect in connection with the murder of 29-year-old Jomal Adams, who was...
D’Urban St. woman stabbed 14 times in front son; attacker tried to stab son before ingesting poisonA 50-year-old man, who is accused of stabbing his partner to death at her D’Urban Street, Lodge, Georgetown house on...
Mazaruni prison escapee captured in Port MourantAn inmate who escaped from the Mazaruni prison in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) on April 9, 2021, was recaptured in Ankerville,...
