Category Archives: Crime

A 39-year-old construction worker who was caught with two illegal handguns and ten live ammunition on his Back-Street Grove, East Bank Demerara premises was shot and injured by police after he attempted to escape on Saturday. It was during the suspect’s frantic bid to escape, that he attempted to disarm the ranks and engaged them in a struggle, […]

The man was caught with $160,000 worth of cocaine taped to his legs. In a report coming out of PIX 11 in New York which stated that Hugh Hall was arrested on March 17th after Customs and Border Protection officers found four packages of cocaine under his pants, a CBP spokesperson said. He allegedly had […]

The charred remains of an elderly man was discovered moments ago at his Plaisance, East Coast Demerara by police ranks and firefighters who were clearing debris from the area following Friday’s fire that has left 30 persons homeless. The man has been identified as James Johnson said to be in his 80s. He was trapped in the […]

An infamous Brazilian criminal was apprehended by ranks of the Guyana Police Force stationed in Lethem, whilst on patrol, in the Takatu River area on Wednesday (January 24). Roger Batalha Rodrigues and ninety-nine others, escaped from prison in neighboring Brazil. The escapee who at the time of escape was serving a sentence for vehicular theft has since […]

The Police are making some progress as the probe continues into the double murder of two Pomeroon farmers, Ambrose Baharally and Martin Godette who were both shot in their heads at point-blank range on Sunday at Grant Stelling Hope Pomeroon River. The suspects were reportedly in conversation with their killers when shortly after an explosion was heard […]

A contracted worker from a private firm is now critical after falling from a three-story-building inside the compound of the National Psychiatric hospital at Fort Canje, Berbice Monday afternoon. The man along with other workers were hired to demolish one of the old structures when he reportedly slipped and fell. He was picked up in an unconscious […]

Devenana Hardeo of No. 69 Village, Corentyne was killed Sunday night (January 14) in a road accident. The 53-year-old man was struck down by a hire car driver on the #71 Public Road. The car which was driven by a 25-year-old Tarlogie village resident was reportedly speeding when the driver struck the pedal cyclist. A media release […]