Crime
Smithfield woman granted $500,000 bail after caught with ganja
A 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 upgraded
Georgetown’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...
‘I pick the lock and beat out’ – escapee jailed for 9 months
Roy Abrahams, a 39-year-old Labourer who had escaped from the Alberttown Police Station, was sentenced to serve nine months in...
Two slapped with 8 armed robbery charges
Two men who are accused of a robbery spree in Georgetown were remanded to prison Friday by Magistrate Leron Daly...
Life imprisonment for Guyanese man who killed pregnant wife in Canada
Trinidad Express – The Guyanese man who stabbed to death his nine-month pregnant Trinidadian wife, at their home in Pickering,...
Crime: Ramjattan says country not in ‘real bad state’
Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan Friday said Guyana is not really in a bad state as it relates to robberies...
Re-migrant pensioner found with stab wounds in suspected murder/robbery
A 74-year-old man was Friday discovered dead with several stab wounds about his body at his Springlands, Corentyne, Berbice home....
23-Y-O murdered, hunt on for three suspects
Police are hunting for three known suspects who are wanted for questioning in relation to the fatal stabbing of a...
Agricola youth charged with shooting at cops; possession of illegal gun, ammo
Twenty-one-year-old Marlon Jeffrey appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly Friday charged with two counts of discharging a loaded firearm at police...
Partly decomposed body of woman found floating in trench
The partially decomposed body of a 60-year-old woman was found in a trench early Friday morning under a bridge in...
Agarbatti seller and family terrorised by bandits
A Berbice agarbatti seller and his family were Thursday terrorised by bandits carrying guns and cutlasses who attacked them at...
Port Mourant man beaten to death
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 56-year-old Videanand Sukhra known as ‘Buddy boy’ who was found unconscious...
Berbice family fights off bandits, thwarts robbery
A Corentyne Berbice family of four on Thursday morning was forced to defend themselves when armed bandits broke into their...
Husband of Albouystown murder victim recalls horrifying details
Mahendra Rampersaud, the husband of 58-year-old Nalini ‘Nalo’ Persaud who was strangled to death at her Albouystown Georgetown home, has...
Industry man wanted for fraud
The Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for Kevin Campbell in relation to obtaining credit by false pretence committed on Nalina Rampersaud...
Woman, 55, tried to smuggle cocaine to help son pay for wrecked car
Fifty-five-year-old Sandra Angela Profitt was on Thursday sentenced to four years jail and fined $9.1M for attempting to smuggle over...
Albouystown businesswoman strangled to death; husband beaten, tied up
By Isanella Patoir Police are on the hunt for four men who beat, killed and robbed a 58-year-old businesswoman of...
Parika backdam mechanic shot dead during robbery
A Parika backdam man was on Tuesday night shot dead when two men quietly pounced on him. Dead is 46-year-old...
Shooting of Dr O’Toole: 3 suspects identified as new evidence emerges
By Bibi Khatoon Police Commissioner Leslie James says “no stone is being left unturned” as the investigation continues into the...
Dead bandit identified by mother, was charged with several armed robberies
The bandit who was shot dead Tuesday morning by a security guard at 176 Crown Street, Queenstown, Georgetown, has been...
