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...
Woman asked to strip naked and squat at airport suing Gov’t, CANU
Ayana Adams, a Guyanese woman who said officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) wanted her to strip naked and...
Accused in rape of 6-year-old boy freed
A 19-year-old man walked out of the Demerara Sexual Offences Court a free man after a 12-member mixed jury returned...
Police’s Crime Lab needs staff
Persons are being invited to start a career within the Crime Lab Department of the Guyana Police Force. Sergeant Stephanie...
Top Cop to Police: ‘Leave if you’re not comfortable with your salaries’
At the start of three Police training programmes Monday at the Police Officers’ Training Centre Eve Leary, Commissioner of Police...
Four teenage boys stripped and beaten by Charity Police
Police Commissioner Leslie James on Monday confirmed that investigations are underway into reports that Police on the Essequibo Coast stripped...
Hotel owner arrested with $27.8M in drugs; tried to pay Police to get it back
Marlon Jarvis, a 44-year-old Tabatinga, Lethem hotelier was on Monday remanded to prison on a charge that he had $27.8...
Miners interviewed as Police continue investigations against Charrandass Persaud
Several gold miners have been interviewed as the investigation into allegations of bribery and movement of gold by former Parliamentarian Charrandass...
Bartica businesswoman shot by husband
Police have arrested a 52-year-old miner of Stanleytown, Berbice who shot his reputed wife in the left arm in the...
Convict escapes Lusignan Prison
Two days after he was convicted and admitted to the prison, Police have launched a search for 24-year-old John Lambert...
ECD man who threatened wife shot dead by cops after attack at Police Station
Ranks of the Vigilance Police Station shot and killed 34-year-old Teon Maxwell who stabbed two policemen and attempted to escape...
Students, housewives being used to launder money, FIU head says
Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Matthew Langevine says the unit has been receiving an increasing number of suspicious...
Indonesian national killed while cutting down tree in Kurubaru Backdam
An investigation has been launched into the death of a 45-year-old Indonesian national, Daniel Sambara who died on Friday while...
Murder accused dies after beating at Lusignan prison
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of 30-year-old Shaheed Ali of Albouystown, Georgetown, who was reportedly beaten by...
Albouystown man drops pants in court and denies murdering teen during fight
A twenty-four-year-old unemployed man was on Friday afternoon charged for the murder 18-year-old Christopher Mansfield, who was shot and killed...
Ex-cop who lured girl, 7, with sweets and then raped her jailed for 26 years
Thirty-seven-year-old Clinton Anthony Doris has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for raping a 7-year-old girl. Doris was found...
12 years later, girl raped at 4 still sad, but tells abuser no longer afraid
Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer Dwayne Hamilton was on Friday sentenced to 12 years imprisonment after he was found...
Steel cells arrive for Camp Street Prison
The pre-fabricated steel cells that will be erected at the Camp Street Prison are already at the site, according to...
Woman posing as mother of murdered Berbice woman arrested collecting donations
As relatives and friends prepare to bid farewell to Omawattie Wazir-Gill who was brutally killed by her husband Saturday last,...
