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The Customs Anti-narcotics Unit, CANU has issued wanted bulletins for sawmill owner Naraine Lall, motorcycle racer, Stephen Vieira and this was after businessman Tazim Gafoor was arrested by police on the West Coast of Demerara on Monday. Canu said the men will help them to complete their investigations into the multi-million-dollar cocaine bust at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, on Friday.

 Race car driver, Nazim Gafoor is already in custody pending investigations. 

Canu in a release stated that its ranks conducted a search on a truck at the parapet in front of the premises of one Akeem Mohamed at 227 Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo. That truck was laden with several pallets of 1×6 dressed lumber boards prepared for export to the USA. According to CANU several boards were drilled randomly and revealed a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine.  The truck, its driver, and porters were escorted to CANU Head Quarters where a detailed search of the cargo was completed. The drugs totalled 84.986 kilograms of cocaine, equalling a landed US street value in excess of 550Million Guyana Dollars.

There are reports that CANU conducted several searches at the homes of Stephen Vieira and Naraine Lall but the men could not be located.

It was revealed by CANU that one Stephen Vieira is listed on the shipping documents as the representative of Naraine Lall the shipper. Naraine Lall based on CANU’s investigations thus far is allegedly out of the jurisdiction. 

CANU said their Investigations revealed that a truck was hired to pick up and transport the lumber from Naraine Lall’s Sawmill at Lookout East Bank Essequibo, to the wharf at Georgetown.  The porters and the truck driver that were detained on Friday were released last night. The men were assisting in investigations that revealed a well-planned web of participants CANU said.

Hundreds of sugar workers and supporters on Thursday, May 11 protested the pending closure of the Rose hall Estate. General Secretary of the Guyana Agriculture and General workers Union, Seepaul Narine who joined the protest said the government should reconsider the closure of the estate, given that it has upset workers, who believe that the decision was wrong. Regional Chairman David Armogan said he continues to use every opportunity to call for Rose Hall estate to remain open.
In the policy paper presented to the National Assembly on Monday, Agriculture Minister Noel Holder said the Government cannot allow GUYSUCO to continue utilizing a business model that is based on waste, inefficiency, and hopelessness, ultimately, leading to its undoing.

Work on the arch at Cummings Lodge on the east coast of Demerara has being suspended until tonight. this was announced by the government who is also offering an apology for the inconvenience caused.

this comes after long lines of traffic was back up along the east coast of Demerara and commuters saying the timings was bad.
However, Project Manager Lawrence Mangar said weather permitting, the installation of the Arch should be completed today, thus allowing for a free flow of traffic tomorrow.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure in a press release said the section of the road between the University of Guyana Access Road and Ogle Access Road will be closed to vehicular traffic to facilitation the installation of an Arch at the Eastern entrance of Georgetown. The closure started today from at 8:00 hrs to 21:00 hrs and will continue tomorrow for the same period.

A Better Hope, East Bank Demerara man was today remanded to prison for the murder of his son Azeen Khan called Orlando.
The man, 40-year-old Omar Khan appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Alisha George, where he was not required to plead to the capital offence.

The police prosecutor told that court that the police have not yet completed the file. The Unrepresented Khan will make his next court appearance on June 28.
Reports are that the 18-year-old was involved in a heated argument with his father, so later dealt him a blow to his head with a piece of wood.

Seeing her boys after being severely burnt with corrosive acid by their father is what has Shondell Williamson fighting to recover.

She recently arrived in the United States to embark on this journey to physical recovery and begun doctor’s consultations in Boston Massachusetts, which will then see her undergoing a number of surgeries on her face and upper body.

It was after she summoned up the courage to leave 10 years of abuse by the hands of the man she once loved that she was brutally attacked.

Even though she is scared to undergo the surgeries in the coming months, Shondell is grateful to each donor and Non-Governmental Organisation Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) for spearheading the drive to get her medical help.

She is also advising other women who have exited abusive relationships to be more aware of their surroundings, to better protect themselves.

Now her entire face is completely disfigured – corrosive acid burnt away her nose, eye, and upper body.

The perpetrator, Alfred De Younge, also known as ‘Natta Boy,’ committed the horrendous act while screaming, “If I can’t have you, no one else can.” He is now imprisoned and charged with attempted murder.

Despite her challenges and this setback, she intends on becoming an advocate for domestic violence and wants to help both women and men who are dealing with this prevalent social ill in Guyana.

A number of organisations and businesses made financial donations to Shondel including New Amsterdamers Inc, three amigos, the Benschop Foundation and others.

Relatives of Shaka Bourne, the man shot and killed by police are calling for an inquest to be done into his killing. Family members are of the opinion that an inquest will clear up all the rumors. The shooting occurred at Yarakita, North West District, Region One.

Speaking from their North Ruimveldt home, the family is claiming that the policeman was having an affair with a woman Bourne shared a child with and that is what may have triggered the shooting. However, initial investigations conducted by the police tell a different story. According to the police, Bourne was shot after he allegedly pointed a loaded firearm at the cop.

Deborah Sandford said she is looking for answers on what led to her son’s demise.

The police say an unlicensed .38 revolver with five live matching rounds, as well as the service weapon used by the policeman have been lodged. A thorough investigation into the incident has since been launched by Divisional Commander, Senior Superintendent Ravindradat Budhram.

Five men were today, May 8, 2017, remanded to prison for the illegal possession of a gun and ammunition. The men, Trevor McKenzie a former policeman, Michael Embrack, Mickey Henry, Jason Archer and Sean Browne appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore, in the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court, where they were charged with the of a possession of gun and ammunition for which they were not licensed to carry. The men were also charged with possession of housebreaking instruments namely crowbar and screwdriver. The five will make their next court appearance on June 2.
Last week Thursday, police in ‘B’ out on a mobile patrol in Glasglow village, East Bank Berbice stopped and searched the car the men were traveling in, they found an unlicensed pistol, 13 live rounds, rope, crowbar and a wig among other items. The five men were arrested while the car and items lodged.

The police are probing the accidental death of a two-month-old infant, Destiny Holder, which occurred at her parents 149, D’Andrade Street, Newtown home on Saturday morning.

Tinisha George, mother of the infant said she and the baby retired to bed Friday night and she recalled breastfeeding the infant at the time, but she fell asleep and apparently, her breast came out of the infant’s mouth and the breast milk may have gotten into the child’s nostril.
The 18-year-old mother of two said the baby was prematurely born a week shy of 7 months.

The child’s grandmother and great aunt said little Destiny’s death is very painful.

A post mortem examination is expected to be done on Wednesday. George said the police told her that the examination would determine their next course of action.