Rum shop fight leaves one dead.  Suspect on the run

Dead is 18yrold Roy Boston a labourer of lot 5 Swan Village, Linden/Soesdyke Highway. The Police are reporting that their  enquiries disclosed that the deceased was at a shop in Swan village consuming alcohol with his friends, family and several others on Sunday when the incident occurred. Further, the police report added that an argument ensued and it is alleged that the deceased pulled out a knife and dealt one of the males a stab to his left wrist and left side of his back. Shortly after he and the suspect had a scuffle. The suspect dealt the deceased one stab to his left side chest and cut him on his right thumb finger which caused the deceased to fall to the ground, at which time the suspect made good his escape in an unknown direction. The victim was then escorted to the Diamond Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 02:30hrs. It is presently at the Memorial Gardens parlor awaiting a Post Mortem.
The suspect is on the run as the police probe continues.

Four charged for murder of Sophia man

A woman and three men were today charged with the murder of Sophia man, Keon McPherson. The suspects, Nicholas Hercules called ‘Bucko’, Brenna Nurse, Devon Harry and Peter Lam appeared before Magistrate Alicia George in the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court this morning and were not required to plea to the indictable charge.
McPherson was found dead in a yard in Sophia with gunshot wounds about his body last Sunday. There are reports that the 24 year-old man was involved in a triangular love affair with a woman from Sophia. After the Police wrapped up their investigation, the file was sent to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice and the DPP recommended that murder charges be laid against them. They were all remanded to prison and will make their next court appearance on September 17th.

Over 10 pounds of cocaine busted at Ogle, two persons in custody

The drug bust was uncovered following a search that was conducted at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport Ogle on the luggage of a 34-year-old self-employed female of New Street Cumberland, Canje who was at the time an outgoing passenger on Caribbean Airlines flight BW 217 destined for Barbados on Monday.
According to the Guyana Police Force, the woman was seen acting in a suspicious manner. A search was carried out on her luggage where a law enforcement rank found several Fernleaf packets of milk hidden among clothing and other stuff. The cocaine weighed 4.873kg, which is just over 10 pounds.
As a result of the discovery made, the rank opened and tested the contents of two of the Fernleaf packets using the Narcotics testing kit, during which there was an indication of a narcotic suspected to be Cocaine.
The woman later told the police that a male whose name was not disclosed  had given her the items to drop to Barbados.   As a result, the female suspect was told of the offence committed, arrested and cautioned. Initially she remained silent but subsequently she claimed that someone (male, name withheld) had given her the items to drop to Barbados. Further, the police say as a result of this new information, the second suspect was contacted, told of the offence, arrested and cautioned. He admitted giving the woman the stuff but denied knowing about the suspected narcotics (cocaine).
They were both escorted to the Criminal Investigations Department Narcotics Branch and placed in custody. The suspected cocaine was weighed and it amounted to 4.873kg. Investigations are ongoing.