Category: Crime and Courts
News, sport and community reporting from LRTVS Newswatch in New Amsterdam, Berbice.
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Police Constable Arrested After Allegedly Confessing to Murder of Missing Cuban National
A serving police constable is in custody after allegedly admitting to the killing of a Cuban national whose decomposed body was found in bushes on the East Coast of Demerara.
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Small Fire at Westminster Secondary School Contained After Weather-Related Power Surge
A power fluctuation caused by adverse weather sparked a small fire in a school canteen freezer. There were no injuries and no structural damage, the Ministry of Education says.
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Police Destroy Over $106 Million Worth of Cannabis During Upper Berbice River Operation
A day-long eradication exercise in the remote Upper Berbice River area uncovered two cannabis fields covering some four acres, about 5,000 plants and a nursery of roughly 30,000 seedlings.
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Businessman Released on Bail as Police Continue Investigation Into Major AK-47 Weapons Seizure
A businessman has been granted station bail in connection with the seizure of 23 AK-47 rifles at Schoonord, West Bank Demerara, one of the country’s most significant illegal firearm interceptions in recent times.
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Police Sergeant Cleared of Drug Theft Charges After Four-Year Court Battle
A magistrate dismissed charges brought by the Special Organised Crime Unit, ruling that the prosecution failed to present sufficient, reliable and credible evidence.
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Families Displaced After Suspected Arson Fire Destroys Two Sophia Homes
Two adjacent flat houses were destroyed and several members of the same family left homeless after a fire believed to have been set deliberately tore through a Sophia yard on the evening of Sunday…
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St Mary’s Nursery Celebrates Independence With Career Dress-Up Day
Doctors, nurses, teachers, police officers and firefighters — in miniature — filled St Mary’s Nursery School as pupils marked Guyana’s 60th independence anniversary.
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One Dead, One Arrested After Armed Robbery and Police Chase in Lethem
A robbery at a Central Rupununi business ended in gunfire after police pursued three fleeing suspects through a flooded stretch of land near Lethem.
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Suspected Cannabis Hidden in Snack Packs Bound for Mazaruni Prison Intercepted
A nurse who grew suspicious of a parcel she had been asked to deliver took it to the Bartica Police Station, where ranks found tampered snack packets concealing suspected cannabis.
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Three in Custody as Police Probe Pensioner’s Brutal Death
A post-mortem found the pensioner died of brain haemorrhage caused by multiple blunt force injuries to the head. Three suspects have since been detained.
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Police Destroy Over $264M Worth of Cannabis in Upper Berbice River Operation
Two cultivated fields spanning about eight acres and holding an estimated 300,000 plants were destroyed during a day-long eradication exercise at Kimbia.
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Gunfire Erupts Again Along Cuyuni River as GDF Patrols Come Under Attack
Two separate shooting incidents occurred within about 40 minutes as a Guyana Defence Force patrol escorted civilian boats along the Cuyuni River.