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...
‘Coke’ boss turns self in just hours after cocaine disappeared from CID
Hours after a quantity of cocaine went missing from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at the Police Headquarters, the man...
Drunk GRA employee arrested after discharging weapon
An Enforcement Officer, Riaz Ally, attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been arrested after he allegedly discharged his...
ASP questioned in illegal fuel marker probe
By Leroy Smith An Assistant Superintendent of Police was taken into custody Tuesday evening by agents of the Guyana Energy...
‘It’s brutal what happened there’- Ramjattan on missing cocaine from Police HQ
By Leroy Smith Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan says he is very disturbed that cocaine which was tendered into...
Gov’t employees charged in tint permit scam
Two Data Entry Clerks attached to the Ministry of Public Security, an employee of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and...
Farmer arrested for failed execution of Berbice man
Detectives have arrested an East Bank Berbice (EBB) farmer in connection with a failed execution attempt against another farmer of...
No report ever filed against Berbice murder/ rape suspects- Commander
By Leroy Smith Assistant Commissioner of Police Lyndon Alves today revealed that no report of child molestation was recorded in...
La Penitence murder suspects for court on Monday
By Leroy Smith Five persons remain in Police custody as investigations continue into Sunday’s murder/robbery at La Penitence, Georgetown. A...
Father says son is innocent of Berbice boy’s murder
The father of Nicholas Christopher, one of the men accused of murdering 12-year-old Leonard Archibald, and dumping his body in...
Farmer grazed by bullet moments after talking to Cop
Investigators in Berbice are searching for “a known character” after several gunshots rang out at Islington Village in New Amsterdam,...
Repeat DUI offender suspended from driving
A 28-year-old driver has been suspended from driving for the next twelve months after he appeared in court for the...
One killed as Brazilian gang launches 8 – hour attack on mining camp
By Leroy Smith Antonio DaSilva, a man who has Guyanese and Brazilian citizenship, was murdered this morning at a mining...
Student killed by Goal Post at sports rehearsal
By Leroy Smith Six-year-old Glensean Skeete was today killed while practising for the St. Paul’s Primary School’s annual inter-house sports....
Missing cocaine from Police Headquarters belongs to Ex-cop
By Leroy Smith Following a report which was carried by this news entity today as it relates to missing cocaine...
Two charged with murder of Berbice boy
The two suspects, who reportedly confessed to sodomising and then dumping the body of 12-year-old Leonard Archibald in the Berbice...
Cocaine goes missing from Police Headquarters
By Leroy Smith The Guyana Police Force has initiated an investigation into the disappearance of a quantity of cocaine from...
Decomposed remains of suspected rape victim found
By Leroy Smith The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a partly decomposed body of a female...
Broken Harbour Bridge causes accident, traffic congestion
A motorcyclist is now nursing several injuries and a driver is counting his losses after a “plate” on the Demerara...
