‘Zipper’ remanded to prison for cocaine possession

A Craig Street businessman will be waking up in the Camp Street Prison where he was remanded for possession of cocaine. The man Andre Gomes called ‘Zipper’ of 32 Craig Street Campbellville appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he was charged with possession of 902 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

Gomes, the owner of D&D Pawn Shop denied the charged and will make his next court appearance on February 13 before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

His attorney, Mark Waldron told the court that the drugs were not found in his client’s possession but in an alleyway. However, Kono Sandiford, Prosecutor for the Customs and Anti-Narcotics Unit told the court that an eyewitness saw Gomes handling and disposing of the drugs in a black plastic bag, which was later picked up by CANU ranks during a raid at his home.

Video of Eight Brazilian nationals remanded to prison for robbery, and possession of ammunition

Eight Brazilian nationals were today remanded to prison for armed robbery and possession of ammunition.
The eight, six men and two women appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charges. Three of the accused were jointly charged with robbery under arms, four with possession of a .38 revolver and a 9mm magazine and forty-two live rounds, while the seventh was charged with possession of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking. The court was told that three of the accused while in Lethem and armed with guns robbed Maxine Buckley of a quantity of watches, cell phones, jewellery and cash totaling $3.8million dollars. The eighth person will return to court on February 6th at the Lethem magistrates’ Court.

Wanted man arrested in Leopold street raid.

A man who was wanted for the brazen mid-morning shooting in Leopold Street was this afternoon arrested along with several other young men from the community.

This was after the Police conducted a massive exercise in the community. Commander of A Division Marlon Chapman confirmed that the suspect known as “Barney” was arrested.

 

According to the commander, the police were also looking for guns, drugs and other illegal items. Several houses were searched in various streets of the community. The exercise comes days after gunshots rang out in the community leaving a woman seriously injured and several persons seeking cover from the barrage of gunshots. Barney was fingered in that shooting incident.

Brazilian prison escapee caught in Lethem

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 been handed over to law enforcement officials in Brazil.
A media release from the force stated that the man began acting suspiciously upon seeing the ‘troopers’ and was later detained for questioning then positively identified.
“Since the establishment of the Mounted Branch in Lethem on December 04, 2015 in an effort to combat crime in isolated areas, it can be said that the equine section of the Force has ensured that its presence is continuously felt; so far, a number of persons have been arrested, charged and committed to prison for various offences including trafficking and possession of narcotics and possession of ammunition,” the force added.
The branch is currently headed by the “hardworking and surely capable” Superintendent of Police Michael Sutton who is supported by Corporal Fitzgerald Adolphus and several other ranks with years of experience in the Mounted Section of the Force.