A 21-year-old labourer of Patentia, West Bank Demerara, was arrested yesterday after police found small quantities of suspected cannabis and cocaine in his possession during an operation on the Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara.
Shaquawn Alleyne, called ‘Iswe’, was today sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by Justice Sandil Kissoon for the murder of his girlfriend, 20-year-old Shonette Dover.
Police Sergeant David Lall was on Tuesday remanded to prison after appearing before the Friendship Magistrate’s Court charged in connection with a shooting incident that left 37-year-old gold miner Carlos Trotman without a leg.
Three men were on Tuesday remanded to prison after being charged with the murder of Robert Noble, called `Curry’ at Honey Camp Landing, Middle Mazaruni River, on June 9.
Devon Harry was yesterday sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment by Justice Gino Persaud for the 2021 murder of Keon McPherson.
Police in Region Seven are investigating two armed robberies at Sewanda Backdam, Region Seven, during which two Brazilian gold miners were reportedly robbed of cash, raw gold, jewellery and other items valued at more than $44 million.
Forty persons have been convicted on charges stemming from a Joint Services operation carried out in the Iwokrama Protected Area over two days earlier this month, while another man has been remanded on a firearm charge.
A police inspector, Abosola Flatts, who is stationed in Regional Police Division 4A, was yesterday granted $150,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a charge of unlawful transfer of ammunition.
Sheldon Bess, a 37-year-old shop owner of Itaballi Village, Lower Mazaruni River, has been charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, the police said yesterday.
A US-based Guyanese has been convicted of welfare fraud and related offences after a jury found that she fraudulently obtained more than US$28,000 in public assistance benefits by concealing her income and household circumstances.
Police have arrested a 27-year-old pork knocker who was wanted in connection with the murder of Edward David, which occurred at Baramita, North West District, last year.
A 26-year-old Venezuelan national was on Monday sentenced to one year and six months in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm.
The June 2026 Berbice Assizes officially opened yesterday with the traditional parade and march-past along Esplanade Road outside the Supreme Court in New Amsterdam.
Nearly six years after the brutal murders of West Coast Berbice cousins Isaiah Henry and Joel Henry shocked the nation and triggered widespread protests, a Berbice Assizes jury on Tuesday, 9th June 2026, unanimously found Anil Sancharra and Vinod Gopaul guilty on two counts of murder.
The police are investigating the discovery of a firearm and ammunition at Kendall Village, East Coast Berbice, on Sunday.
A 24-year-old miner of Haimacabra Village, Moruca, Region One, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with attempted murder.
A 27-year-old Venezuelan national was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
In less than a month, law enforcement officers have found more than 30 AK-47 rifles with ammunition, raising questions about how they were able to enter the country undetected and their purpose.
Cuban national Yuri Garcia Dominguez and his wife Ateeka Ishmael were last Thursday found guilty of two offences arising out of their Ponzi scheme several years ago and sentenced to 28 months and 16 months respectively by Magistrate Sunil Scarce, sitting at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court According to a statement from the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) the two were found guilty of operating a Ponzi scheme and carrying on a business without registering with the Guyana Securities Council.
A former employee of the Ministry of Health’s Materials Management Unit (MMU) Bond was on Monday, June 8th, committed to stand trial in the High Court on the charge of money laundering following a probe that found that $343.8m in drugs and COVID-19 testing kits were unaccounted for.
