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Corentyne man murdered, dumped in trench

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The body of a Corentyne man was on Thursday afternoon found in a trench at Topu, a village in close proximity to Albion.
The dead man has been identified as Mohan Ball, 49, of Lot 74 Hampshire South, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne). This publication understands that several villagers witnessed the alleged murder.
The dead man’s sister, Raywattie Fraser, explained that a little boy claimed to have seen what happened: “The lil bai come and say a ‘Rocky’ and ‘Andy’ kill Uncle Ball and throw him in the trench.” She further explained that she rushed to the scene with her husband after receiving the information.
“When we go the street was full with people, me husband go across at the trench and check he, and say he dead and come back”.
The body bore several marks of violence on it. Fraser described the marks as being large ‘black and blue’ spots, and there were also spots of what appeared to be blood. The sister claimed he could not swim. A piece of wood was also seen a short distance from the body.
Villagers say the man was seen earlier in the day drinking with two villagers and that the three were later seen fighting.
One of the two suspects was allegedly seen in wet clothes in the vicinity of where the body was found. The suspect was riding a bicycle at the time.
Some villagers referred to the deceased as a ’junkie’. His sister did not have a photograph of him and could not locate one.
“All he get is he clothes, he never deh to take pictures. He lives here and there, he does stay with people in the village, who he a work with,” his sister said.
He was considered a funny person. “He always like make joke, he na like fight and suh, he never deh in problem,” the grieving sister said.
Police are investigating and up to press time, no arrest had been made. (Andrew Carmichael)

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Two businessmen gunned down in Friendship

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Dead: David Singh

Two men who were gunned down on Sunday night at Friendship on the East Bank of Demerara in what is considered a hit and the year’s first case of  homicide.

Dead is poultry businessman David Singh aka “Fix-Up” , who is well known in the Orange Walk area in the city where he operates his livestock business.  Twenty –four year old cattle farmer Hasradeen Hussain of Mahaica was also shot and succumbed while receiving medical attention.

According to reports, the men were leaving a game bird competition venue at Friendship when they were confronted by their assailants and shot in the vicinity of the Friendship Secondary School. Singh died on the spot; Hussain who was shot once to the chest. The men were heading out to the East Bank Demerara Public Road at the time. Police are investigating the incident.

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Jilted man torches girlfriend on Old Year’s Night


 

A goldminer who became annoyed after his girlfriend tried to end their relationship is accused of throwing gasoline on the woman and setting her on fire.

REMANDED: Roy English

Roy English, 42, of Tiger Creek, is alleged to have unlawfully and maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm to Yvonne Richmond on December 31, 2016 at Three Mile Junction, Tumatumari, Potaro River.
English, who was unrepresented, appeared in court with his head wrapped in bandage.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge read to him yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The court was told that English and the woman shared a relationship and lived together. According to Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones, the man became annoyed when the woman tried to end their relationship.
In a fit of rage, English drenched Richmond in gasoline and set her on fire.
She was picked up and rushed to the hospital. She sustained second degree burns to her right eye and foot.
When asked if he had any objections to bail for the accused, Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones replied in the affirmative and pointed to the injuries Richmond sustained.
Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan upheld the objections and remanded English to prison until January 13, when he will appear in the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court.

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3-year-old held at knife point during East Canje home invasion


 

After barely settling into the New Year, an East Canje family is now suffering over $400,000 in losses after a lone bandit broken into their home on Monday evening and escaped with gold jewelry, cash and electronics.
Drupattie Karran, 21, was at her Lot 40 Besty Ground, East Canje home with her three-year-old son when the bandit struck.
Her husband, employed as an Estate lorry driver, was not at home at the time.
The woman stated that at 11:30 pm, she awoke to find a dark figure holding a knife to her son’s neck.
“Like he break in from the back door and come in and when he done search up de place, he come in de room and put the knife to me son neck. Me wake up and see he and start scream and he run out.”
Karran told Kaieteur News that it is habitual to leave the bedroom door open when her husband is not at home so the man had easy access to the room.
She added that after alerting neighbours, they immediately contacted the Reliance Police Station only to be told that there was no vehicle present to transport the officers to the scene.
“We call dem and they said that no vehicle nah deh fuh dem come. Me husband go wid a car and collect the officer and dem come back and all he do is walk around the house and tek down we address. Before he go away, he said that police gonna come back and take pictures.”
The bandit escaped with two laptop computers valued $250,000; one cell phone valued $18,000; a pair of earrings, four gold rings, a gold band and one silver chain valuing an estimated total of $150,000 and an undisclosed amount of cash.
Karran is pleading with the police to conduct a thorough investigation since this is the third successful attempt bandits have made to break into their home.
Investigations are ongoing. Up to press time, no arrests were made.

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City Constable chopped in head

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The scene where the City Constable was chopped to his head

A CITY Constable identified as Satesh Boodho was chopped in his head, allegedly by three young men on Water Street, Georgetown,in front of the old Guyana Stores storage bond at around 15:30hrs.
While details remain sketchy, eyewitnesses told the Guyana Chronicle that the Constable was being chased by three young men, when one of them, wearing a “white polo shirt and black pants” dealt Boodho two chops to his head.

Eyewitnesses also recounted that both Boodho and his attacker fell on the pavement while a struggle seemingly ensued for the firearm being carried by Boodho. The three men reportedly made their escape shortly after and the firearm was recovered.
One vendor, who prefers to remain anonymous said, “All I see is them man come running down and all of we had to run helter-skelter.” However, more details could not be given since all vendors and passers-by who were at the scene scampered away to avoid being injured also.

The Guyana Chronicle was at the scene of the crime but could not ascertain from the police as to what weapon was used to inflict the wound.Investigations are still ongoing.
While at the Georgetown Public Hospital, the Guyana Chronicle was informed that Boodho was chopped to the middle, top of his head and at the right side of his head, just above his ear.
Also at the hospital was Superintendent of the City Constabulary, Gordon Langevine, who said, “Al I know, is that a member of the City Constabulary was injured while executing his duties and we are investigating the matter.”

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Son torches house after fight with father

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The two-storey house in Number 59 Village, East Berbice/Corentyne, that was set ablaze by Vekanand Dhanraj on Friday

A TWO-STOREY house in Number 59 Village, East Berbice, Corentyne, was on Friday destroyed after it was set ablaze by a young man who had a fight with his father.

The reason for the fight is not known, but according to reports, the son is in the habit of being abusive towards his parents and others.

Vekanand Dhanraj, called “Rishie boy”, 21, was reportedly intoxicated when he set ablaze the car his mother had purchased for him six months ago; the car was parked at the bottom of the house.

The fire from the blazing car quickly engulfed the lower-flat of the home and spread to the entire house within minutes.

The Fire Service was informed of the blaze, but by the time they arrived, the house was already destroyed.

According to information, “Rishie boy” had before threatened to destroy the home he shares with his mother and father.

The Dhanraj family less than a year ago re-migrated to Guyana.

A neighbor, Kamini Bahadur, said she was doing some chores when someone called out to her shouting Fire!

“Them say come see what this waste man do, come see so I go see the car on fire under the house so I call out for everybody who did start gather out on the street  to bring out their bucket and come to help out the fire, but it was already catching on the downstairs part.”

Villagers say “Rishie boy” would always drink and “perform and verbally abuse passersby and would also abuse his parents”.

Another neighbour said on Christmas Eve, he was heavily intoxicated and used a cutlass to chop the house and at the same time threw out several pieces of furniture.

“He was on the dam cussing up saying nobody nah deh home to beat so me gon beat up the house so me see he around the house with the cutlass and he just deh ah lash it up.”

Meanwhile, on Friday, it is reported that the young man and his father were involved in a fight when he reportedly set the car ablaze.

“They were both drunk and when the fire started, the father was laying on the bridge and some persons had to lift him to safety…. I think he beat his father up but afterwards they were ok. He (Rishie) would treat his parents bad all the time; sometimes his mother have to leave home when he start behave like that.”

The family estimates their losses in the millions. Vekanand Dhanraj was subsequently arrested and remains in police custody, pending investigations.

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CCTV capture bare-faced bandits breaking into goods van


 

– Captured on CCTV
About three men in a black Toyota Raum were seen shortly after noon, yesterday, breaking into and emptying a grocery can which was parked just off the high bridge at the La Penitence Market, Georgetown.

The arrows show the black Raum (left) and the goods van (right).

From the footage, the registration number on the front of the vehicle appears to be HC 5334 or HC 5354. The number plate on the back of the car appears to be different from the one on the front—it reads HC 3344 or HC 1344.
Based on the CCTV footage, the black Raum came out of Hogg Street, Albouystown and parked at the junction of Sussex (eastern side) and Saffon Streets. Its occupants observed salespersons removing a load of goods from the van and taking it into the market.
When the workers entered the market, the Raum turned onto Saffon Street and parked alongside the grocery van where one of its occupants first exited and went into the market through the first gate. Another accomplice also exited the vehicle and went into the market.
Shortly after, the second suspect returned to the van from the same gate while his accomplice, who first entered the market, came back to the van after exiting the market from its side gate which is on the western side of Sussex Street.
When the two suspects came back to the van, the footage showed one of them breaking the window with an object and he began emptying the stocks into the Raum with the help of the other suspect. The driver did not exit the Raum. The men then re-entered the vehicle and drove south along Saffon Street.
A police car even passed while the men were parked alongside the goods van, observing the surrounding.
The stallholder, who lost his stocks, said that his workers had just entered the market with one load and when they returned to the van they noticed it was emptied.
The suspects escaped with two bags containing milk powder, three cases of one pound butter and one case of mayonnaise.
A report was made at the Ruimveldt Police Station. Only a few weeks ago, the stallholder’s mother was robbed at gunpoint as she was getting into a taxi. No one was arrested.

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Sophia house set on fire by jilted lover

 
 
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FIRE suspected to be the work of an arsonist gutted the Roberts home at ‘A’ Field Sophia on Saturday night.

Reports are that the fire may have been started by a jilted man who had threatened a female occupant of the house. The woman had planned on attending an Old School party at the National Park and she was reportedly warned by her partner not to attend.

She nevertheless left for the show earlier in the evening and the man threatened to harm the family. Firefighters rushed to the scene as the house was engulfed in flames.

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Guyanese woman busted with cocaine at Ogle Airport

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One of the many suitcases unearthed with drugs by the law enforcement authorities

THE Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) had its first seizure for the year with the arrest of a 24-year old Guyanese woman who was busted Wednesday with 4.2 kilograms of cocaine in her possession at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport.Head of CANU, James Singh told the Guyana Chronicle that the drug was stashed in a suitcase that belonged to the woman who was preparing to board a flight to Antigua and Barbuda. Reports reveal that the woman is a frequent traveller. The cocaine was discovered in packets in the sides of her suitcases.
The drug mule was identified as Clarabel Thompson and she is expected to face charges soon.

Meanwhile, Singh during the recent launch of the National Drug Strategy Master Plan (NDSMP) had noted the importance of collaboration with partners, both locally and internationally, especially with the emergence of new and innovative methods of drug trafficking.

The four-year plan aims at tackling the rising use and transport of licit and illicit drugs.

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In Granger's Guyana, the police is now the thiefman:

Cop turns Thief! – caught in the act, tied up and beaten


 

By day, he was a policeman, but it appears that by night, the same rank became a professional thief.
The embarrassing state of affairs came to light at around 03.00 hrs yesterday, when a resident of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, heard strange noises in his unoccupied, upper flat. He reportedly also heard footsteps.
The man said that he alerted his son-in law, and after checking outside the property, the two ventured to the area from which the sounds had come.

The cop in the victim’s
house

“From the minute we went upstairs, a man ran under the sink,” the resident said.
The resident said that the intruder then ran to them shouting “I is a policeman, I is a policeman, I got a gun.”
He allegedly then scrambled one of the men, but they eventually subdued and tied the thief.
They then contacted ranks from the Timehri Police Station. Three ranks arrived, and it was they who confirmed that the would-be burglar was indeed a police rank, who was also stationed at Timehri.
“They were shocked,” the resident said. “I showed them where he had broken into the house.”  The detective was transported to the Timehri Police Station where he was placed in custody.
A Division Commander Clifton Hicken confirmed that the detective was in custody after being nabbed in a house.
The Commander said police will be seeking legal advice today in an effort to have the rank placed before the courts.

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Taxi driver, accomplices break into 17 vehicles on E.C.D.


 

– nabbed and beaten by villagers; batteries and other spares recovered

Residents at Mahaica and Mahaicony may now be able to sleep soundly, after capturing a taxi driver and two men who had broken into and stolen articles from at least 17 vehicles during a three-day spree.
The culprits were nabbed on Friday while attempting to break into yet another vehicle at Mahaicony. A source said that they were “tied up like monkeys” and given a sound thrashing before being handed over to the police.
Police recovered several tape decks, a tractor alternator, eight batteries and other valuables. Vehicle owners have turned up to claim some of the items.
Sources gave the ages of the suspects as 37, 27 and 24. The taxi driver resides in Georgetown, while his accomplices are reportedly from Sophia.
Police believe that the trio’s spree began last Wednesday, when police began receiving reports from Mahaicony and Mahaica, of spares and items being stolen from mini-buses, cars and even a tractor.
It is believed that the gang used the recent heavy rainfall to their advantage.
But their luck ran during the early hours of Friday, when a Mahaicony resident looked outside and saw the men attempting to break into his vehicle, which was parked on a roadway.
The man raised an alarm and several residents responded and caught the suspects. They were tied and beaten, before being handed over to the police.
The men are scheduled to appear in court today.

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Estate worker fatally stabbed after altercation


 

– police seek three suspects

A 39-year-old Uitvlugt Estate worker was pronounced dead on arrival at the Leonora Cottage Hospital last

Dead: Kawal Shivnauth called Rupesh or Rupee

evening after he was found near an Anna Catherina shop with suspected stab wounds about his body.
The victim has been identified as Kawal Shivnauth called Rupesh or Rupee, and also resides in that area, West Coast Demerara.
One of the man’s relatives, told Kaieteur News that Shivnauth had an altercation with three men, and as he was about to exit the establishment, he was reportedly lashed behind his head while another man pounced on him and began to stab him repeatedly.
Residents raised an alarm and the police were alerted.
It was reported that Shivnauth was pronounced dead on arrival at the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where scores of relatives and friends were present demanding answers from the police ranks that were present.
Meanwhile, a police source told this publication that with the aid of a villager, they were seeking three suspects who also reside in the area. Up to press time, their efforts were futile.
Relatives have described Shivnauth as an “easy” and “peaceful” man. He is survived by his three daughters aged fifteen, six and five.

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Conflicting reports on shooting at night club


 

As management of Club Privilege at the Tower Hotel on Main Street, Georgetown,

Cops cordoned off the exterior of the club yesterday.

continues to deny that there was a shooting there last Sunday morning which resulted in two persons being hospitalized, the police have maintained that they are indeed investigating such an incident.
The injured persons were reportedly rushed to the Balwant Singh Hospital where they are said to be in a stable condition.
Yesterday, crime scene investigators visited the scene to take statements and according to one police source, there were “bullet holes” in the walls of the club. Reports are that spent shells were also seen.
The ranks were at the club up until 18:00 hrs and they had cordoned off the area.
According to information received, there was an argument between two persons in the club which resulted in one of them pulling out a gun and opening fire, causing persons inside the club to run for their lives.
Yesterday, when this newspaper contacted a staffer from the club, he became defensive when he was asked about the shooting, and categorically denied that such an incident took place.
“Alyuh saying there was a shooting and there was never a shooting,” the staffer said before ending the call.
However, police sources said that they became aware of the incident when one of the victims contacted the police and gave a statement.
While no one has been arrested, the police source said that they believe they have enough information on the alleged shooter, and are trying to get to him.

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Constable chopped by irate vendor

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A Constable attached to the City Constabulary was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital, nursing a wound to his head after he was chopped by an irate vendor along Water Street, Georgetown.
Injured is 38-year-old Satish Boodhoo.
Based on reports received, the vendor reportedly stepped on Boodhoo’s feet and the Constable demanded an apology, but the vendor became abusive.
The vendor continued to verbally abuse the Constable, who cautioned that if he continued, he could be arrested and charged. By this time, other vendors flocked the Constable and a heated argument ensued as they attempted to defend their colleague.
However, the argument continued and as Boodhoo attempted to arrest the vendor, he whipped out a sharp object and dealt him one blow to the head. The Constable fell unconscious to the roadway.
His colleagues, also on foot patrol, rushed to his assistance and arrived just in time as the irate vendor was attempting to disarm him. Upon their arrival, the suspect fled the scene. The injured Constable was picked up and taken to the Hospital where he was admitted.
Guyana Times understands that the now injured Constable and three of his colleagues were on patrol in the area. The other Constables were reportedly a short distance away when Boodhoo was attacked and injured, and upon hearing the commotion, they turned around and responded before the matter could have gotten worse. The incident was reported to the Police and an investigation has been launched.

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PNC supporters feeling the squeeze as they resort to robbing each other to feed themselves under this jackass Granger administration.

‘My husband sent me to steal’

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Melinda Ford points to where her attacker had stooped before robbing her

A MOTHER of four was robbed of her mobile phone by another woman, who claimed that her husband had sent her to steal, so as to provide for their newborn.

Melinda Forde, aged 29 years had left her Lot 115, Essex Street home, in New Amsterdam, just before 20:00hrs, on Monday evening to purchase a Chinese sausage fried rice. She had in her possession a Smart phone, which was a gift from her mother.

After making the purchase, she was returning home when in a narrow unlit passageway a few feet from her home, a woman pounced on her. The attacker had emerged from under the stairs of a building which shared the same unfenced yard space as Forde’s home.

Although the attack was sudden, the victim managed to hold on to the thief who had grabbed her mobile device. They struggled on to the road, where an alarm was raised and neighbours responded. But, the suspect, escaped, fleeing into an alleyway along Main and King Streets, before hiding amongst trucks within the precinct of the Guyana Power and Light Company on Strand Road. She was however later arrested and handed over to the police. A search on her person revealed the phone in her underwear.

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Even the lowly fruit vendor is not immune from robbery of Granger's angels.

Bandits nabbed after attack on fruit vendor

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A police vehicle arrives on the scene where the botched robbery took place

TWO of three suspected bandits were on Tuesday afternoon apprehended by police following the execution of a daring robbery at a popular fruit and vegetable stand on North Road, Boarda.

A seemingly composed Chaterpaul Bharrat details the series of events which led to the apprehension of the two suspected bandits

According to the proprietor Chaterpaul Bharrat, at about 17:30hrs, he received a call that his business, ‘Bharrat’s fresh vegetables’ was being robbed. He was at the Harbour Bridge at the time.

He said that once he arrived at the fruit stand, which is located on North Road, he learnt that two men approached the stand and told a female worker to take off her valuables. One of the men reportedly had a gun in his possession. Bharrat said that they then approached his wife, Daveeka Seenarine and attempted to “bust off” her apron which had money, but a Brazilian customer who was there questioned “why would y’all want to do that?”

He revealed that the two men then turned their attention to the customer and relieved him (the customer) of two gold rings and $100,000 in cash. Hurriedly, they then left on foot, heading east of North Street, where another suspected accomplice was waiting with motorcycle CG 8631.

The proprietor said though, that the customer, who is a license firearm holder chased the men, but stumble and fell, which allowed for two of them to escape.
“He [the customer] get up and run one who run around to Regent Street and back and was eventually caught” Bharrat said, adding that by this time, he had arrived at the business.

A few seconds later, he said Police were able to apprehend a second suspect on Robb Street and the two were taken to Alberttown Police Station.

“The Police did a very good job because in no time they catch the second person. And they weren’t patrolling, somebody call them. So they reacted fast” a seemingly composed Bharrat said.
He said that when the two men were taken to the Police Station, the apron his wife was wearing was recovered but not the articles stolen from the customers.
He believes that these may have been handed to the third suspect who escaped. He was unable to say how much money was in his wife’s apron.

“They does target this area steady cause for last month alone we get rob three times. It was not a lot of money but the amount of times was a lot” he said, adding that he has always been supportive of the police and their work and he is thankful for their intervention on Tuesday.

Up to press time, the witnesses were giving statements at the Police Station, while the two suspects had been handcuffed and escorted to a cell. They are expected to appear before the court shortly.

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Endless drug runnings under the PNC administration. They catch a few low level dealers and let the big boys play free.

Woman arrested after police raid in Charlestown

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In excess of 10.3 kilograms of cannabis were found during the raid

Police ranks acting on information received, conducted several raids in the Broad Street, Charlestown Neighborhood on Monday for illegal drugs and firearms.

During the exercise, which commenced at 16:30h and concluded at 17:45h, in excess of 10.3 kilograms of cannabis were found at separate locations. A female has been taken into custody and is assisting with the investigation.

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As a result of PNC police not doing their jobs, citizens are being killed by their harassers. Time and time again I hear people reporting harassment to the police and they chase them away without even filing a report or investigating. As a result the bullies are free to maim and kill as they know that the police are on the side of the criminals and jackass Granger will free them come Christmas.

Estate worker allegedly killed for telling stepson not to harass daughter


 

When 38-year-old Kawal Shivnauth approached his stepson and instructed that he stop harassing his

Dead: Kawal Shivnauth called Rupesh or Rupee

15-year-old daughter, the young man got upset and felt embarrassed. So, when he (stepson) saw the Uitvlugt estate worker at a shop in Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, on Monday night, he decided to vent his anger on the father of three.
With the help of his two friends, the young man started an argument with Shivnauth and then struck him to the back of his head with a bottle. The trio then ran out of the shop behind their victim and beat him. One of the three suspects then stabbed him twice to the abdomen after which they escaped.
This is the story the victim’s stepson reportedly told the cops at the Leonora Police Station when he was arrested yesterday morning at the Anna Catherina seawall.
A second suspect was apprehended at Matthews Ridge, Region one, as the police hunt for a third person.
The victim’s mother, Radha Lalchand said that her son indeed spoke to his stepson sometime back about harassing his daughter.
“It wasn’t anything big, he (victim) just talked to him about troubling the girl,” Lalchand said.
The woman said that her son was dating the suspect’s mother for about three years. “The woman doesn’t live with him (victim) but she goes there and spend time with him.”
Lalchan said that her grandchildren reside with her and on Sunday, last, he called and asked that she send the children over so that they could have spent the day by him since it was his birthday—that was the last time the woman heard from her son.
Meanwhile, at the scene, one of the victim’s relatives said that Shivnauth had an altercation with three men, and as he was about to exit the establishment, he was reportedly hit behind his head while another man pounced on him and began to stab him repeatedly.
Residents raised an alarm and the police were alerted.
Shivnauth was pronounced dead on arrival at the Leonora Cottage Hospital.

 

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Mother critical after stabbed by daughter’s lover


 

Police in ‘B’ Division are investigating a recent incident which has left a female security guard in critical condition after she was stabbed several times, reportedly by her daughter’s boyfriend, on Tuesday.
Forty-three year-old Nivonne Aubrey Trim of No. 77 Housing Scheme, Corriverton Berbice who is employed as a security guard is currently at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
According to reports reaching Kaieteur News, the injured woman was acting as a peacemaker between her 21-year-old daughter, Felicia Burnette and her 48-year-old boyfriend, when she was stabbed several times to her breast and hand.
It was revealed that at about 19:30 hours on Tuesday, the suspect was imbibing with friends at his home when a quarrel ensued between him and his girlfriend. Trim was contacted by her daughter to intervene in the dispute and upon arriving, she was attacked by the suspect who brandished a knife.
The woman received stab wounds to her breast and chops about her body before eyewitnesses managed to disarm the suspect who was subsequently arrested. Charges are likely to be laid soon.
The injured peacemaker was rushed to the Skeldon Public Hospital and was later transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital where her condition was listed as critical.

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Bandits invade newly-opened supermarket at Belvedere


 

Just a few weeks after opening their new business to the public, a young Chinese couple,

The business place at Belvedere, East Berbice.

owners of the ‘Good Life Supermarket’ located along the Belvedere Public Road, Corentyne, was on Wednesday evening left traumatized after two armed bandits invaded the premises.
The ordeal which began at approximately 19:30 hrs, and lasted approximately fifteen minutes, was all caught on surveillance cameras. The footage showed the men arriving on a motorcycle, one armed with a cutlass and the other with a shotgun.
The perpetrators were seen barging into the supermarket and ordering the couple to lie on the ground, along with three customers who were still inside. The male proprietor seemed a bit reluctant to follow the men’s orders and as a result received a gun butt to the shoulder that took him down.
The owner’s wife exited from the cashier’s area to save her husband from being further hit, but as she hovered over the man she was kicked to her left side by one of the armed men.
The men, whose faces were covered – one with a handkerchief and the other with a hoodie –

The couple contemplating their next move.

continued to beat the couple with the cutlass.
One of the perpetrators left the area where the owners were being held and ventured to another part of the building. He reportedly ran upstairs and ransacked the upper flat – the living quarters – while the other bandit stood guard.
After about five minutes the man, armed with a cutlass, returned as the other demanded that they empty the cash register. They both escaped on the motorcycle after taking cash and valuables. Each man had a haversack and wore dark-coloured clothing.
The owners and customers in the supermarket were seen scrambling to exit the building after the men reportedly escaped with keys to the automated garage doors, and had tried to lock the customers and owners inside the building.
Meanwhile, Divisional Commander Ian Amsterdam confirmed that the men escaped with approximately $500,000 in cash, one iPhone 6 and some other valuables. He stated that four persons are in custody for questioning in relation to the robbery. According to a police source, one of the four suspects is being looked at closely. The source also disclosed the men were reportedly staking out the business and waiting for the perfect opportunity to pounce on the couple.
Investigations are continuing.

 

Masked bandits rob Berbice supermarket

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Two armed bandits who beat and robbed the owners of a Corentyne, Berbice supermarket on Tuesday night were caught on camera carrying out the robbery.
Reports are about 20:30h, two masked men entered “Good Life” Supermarket situated at Belvedere Village, Corentyne.
This newspaper was told that one of the men was wearing a hooded shirt, with a handkerchief on his face and the other wore a helmet with a handkerchief around his face to conceal his identity.The two armed bandits carrying out the robbery
At the time of the robbery, three Chinese nationals, who operate the supermarket, were on the premises. Four customers were also in the supermarket when the bandits entered.
Once inside, the men ensured that the door was locked and then proceeded to strike the owners with gun butts and cutlasses.
The four customers were not spared. This publication was told that the gunmen escaped with a customer’s cellular phone, more than $100,000 from the cash register along with $300,000, which was stashed away.
The men spent close to 10 minutes in the building. Following the robbery, the men escaped on a motorcycle. After the gunmen left, the victims raised an alarm.
Meanwhile, Guyana Times understands that at the time of the robbery, traffic ranks were next door making a purchase. However, the ranks were unable to help the victims, although they managed to contact their counterparts on mobile patrol.
B (Berbice) Division Commander, Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam told this publication that several persons have been arrested as the Police follow leads. Investigations are continuing. (Andrew Carmichael)

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‘Gun-Butt’ stabbed at Georgetown Magistrate’s Court

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Colvin Johnson [Stabroek News photo]

Thirty-four-year old Colvin Johnson known as ‘Gun-Butt’ is in a critical state at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was stabbed by another prisoner while in the holding cell of the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning.

Johnson of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown is on remand for the murder of Paul Rodney and was scheduled to make an appearance before a city Magistrate this morning when the incident occurred.

Details surrounding the incident are still unclear at this time as prisoners refuse to divulge information.

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5 in custody for multi-million dollar robbery at NIS branch

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The NIS Pouderoyen Branch where six armed bandits made off with over $4M

FIVE persons are now in police custody after armed bandits made off with more than $4M from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Pouderoyen Branch, West Bank Demerara on Thursday.

According to ‘D’ Division (West Demerara) Commander, Leslie James the robbery occurred at around 2:30h on Thursday. He said based on information received, six armed bandits invaded the NIS Branch at Pouderoyen, relieving one of the two guards on duty of his firearm in the process.

The bandits, reportedly, then proceeded to blow-torch a safe, before making good their escape with more than $4M.

“They blow-torched the safe and took out the content,” the Division ‘D’ Commander said, however he was unable to confirm the total amount stolen by the bandits.

James said five persons, including employees of the Insurance Scheme and the two guards who were on duty at the time of the robbery, are in custody assisting with investigations into the multi-million dollar robbery.

When Guyana Chronicle visited the crime scene, the gates were locked as two female Special Constabulary guards watched over the premises.

“We don’t know anything, I only come here 10 o’clock, and I ain’t know what happen. Everybody you should talk to, at the station,” one of the guards told this newspaper.

She was later overheard informing a number of pensioners that the branch was closed for the day. NIS Public Relations Officer (PRO) Dianne Baxter confirmed with this newspaper that the crime had been committed but was unable to give particulars, indicating that the information was not available at the moment.

However, this newspaper understands that that branch had only this week received contributions from businesses for their employees. Additionally, the branch was reportedly scheduled to pay pensioners.

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Cops seize rifle from East La Penitence home

Police have detained a 28-year-old technician after finding an unlicensed .45 rifle and a 9mm round at an East La Penitence home. Their find was made around 14.00 hrs yesterday.
A release stated that the ranks, acting on information, also found several ecstasy tablets.

The seized rifle.

Last year, police seized 109 illegal firearms, compared to 115 in 2015.
The firearms comprised 49 pistols, 32 revolvers, 26 shotguns, two rifles and one submachine gun.

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You have to give GPF their props here, they got the bastards, back in PPP time they were told by their masters in the PNC not to do their jobs.

Chinese supermarket bandits nabbed; getaway motorcycle, stolen items retrieved


 

Swift thinking and good investigating has led to the capture of the two motorcycle bandits who robbed the “Good Life Supermarket” at Belevedere Village on Tuesday night.
The men have been identified as Daniel Grant, 20, of Williamsburg Village, and Shawn Thompson, 19, of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice.
The robbery was caught on security cameras.
According to reports reaching this publication, two ranks attached to the Rose Hall Town outpost in their bid to catch the perpetrators, swiftly acted on information provided to them and arrested the two youths at their respective homes.
Upon information received the following day that the men were seen at an abandoned house in Rose Hall, the ranks ventured to the location and conducted a search when the motorcycle reportedly used in the daring robbery was discovered along with a helmet that one the men was seen wearing in the surveillance footage that night.
A DVD player was also found, fitting the description of an item that was reported stolen from one Permaul Lachna of Lot 220 Topoo Village, Corentyne, Berbice on New Year’s Day.  Lachna was asked to report to the station to identify the item, and he identified the DVD Player as his.
The motorcycle was identified as his as well since he also had reported that stolen.
Lachna told media operatives that on December 31, last he was working at the Nigg Drainage pump when two men attacked him.
“I was attacked by bandits at Nigg Drainage Pump after four; dem take away my DVD player, my motorcycle, my cell phone. I had $6000 in my pocket; they take that too.”
The man stated that one of the men brandished a gun whilst the other was equipped with a cutlass. “One hit meh with the gun and the other one had a cutlass. When dem finish rob meh dem padlock the doors from outside with the keys and gone”.
The loot from the Supermarket and the cell phone that was stolen was not recovered.
The police source related that there is enough evidence to charge Grant and Thompson for both offences.
It is alleged that on Tuesday. proprietors of the Good Life Supermarket,  located along the Belvedere Public Road was invaded by two men armed with a cutlass and shotgun on a motorcycle.
Huang Jun Xiong, 36, and his partner, 36-year-old Zhang Bi Hang were at the time tending to the remaining customers for the evening, when the men on the motorcycle rode in and ordered them along with three customers who were still in the Supermarket to lie flat, facedown.
The 15-minute ordeal was all caught on the business’s surveillance cameras. The footage showed the men arriving at the premises on a motorcycle, one armed with a cutlass and the other with a shotgun. The perpetrators were seen barging into the supermarket and ordering the couple to lie on the ground along with three customers who were still inside. The male proprietor seemed a bit reluctant to follow their orders and with that received a gun hit to the shoulder that took him down.
The owner’s wife, Zhang, exited the cashier counter to save her husband from being further hit, but as she hovered over Huang she was kicked to her left side by one of the armed men.
The men whose faces were disguised with handkerchiefs tied to their mouth and one with a hoodie over his head and the other, a helmet, continued to hit at the couple with the cutlass. One of the perpetrators left the area where the owners were being held and ventured to another part of the building, he reportedly went upstairs with Huang and collected $350,000.
After about five minutes the man armed with a cutlass returned as the other demanded that they empty the cash register. The sum of $150,000 was allegedly handed over from the register. They were also seen taking a cell phone from Zhang while she was lying on the ground. Both escaped on their motorcycle after receiving the cash and valuables.
The men donned a haversack and wore dark coloured clothing. The owners and customers in the supermarket were seen scrambling to exit the building after the men reportedly escaped with the keys to the automated garage doors. They had tried to lock the customers and owners inside the building.
Divisional Commander, Ian Amsterdam, confirmed that the men escaped with approximately $500,000 in cash, one iPhone 6 and some other valuables. A source disclosed that the men were reportedly staking out the business and waiting for the perfect opportunity to pounce on the couple.

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Mother stabbed by daughter’s boyfriend

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A security guard is now in critical condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital after being stabbed by her daughter’s boyfriend.
Injured is Nivonne Aubrey Trim of Number 77 Village Housing Scheme, Corriverton, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), who was stabbed to her chest and hand. Reports are the incident occurred on Monday evening in Corriverton, Berbice, when the woman tried to make peace between her 21-year-old daughter and her 48-year-old boyfriend.
Guyana Times was told that at about 19:30h, the man was drinking with friends when he and his girlfriend got involved in an argument.
According to one eyewitness, Trim arrived on the scene and in her daughter’s defence tried to make peace between the feuding couple, when the man who was armed with a knife, stabbed her.
The man’s friends managed to take the knife away from him and Trim was rushed to the Skeldon Hospital and later transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital because of the extent of her injuries.
Police have since arrested the man. (Andrew Carmichael)

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Hard life under Granger making even grannies turning to crime.

Granny jailed for narco trafficking

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A 58-year-old grandmother of New Amsterdam, Berbice, was on Friday jailed for attempting to traffic a prohibited substance into the New Amsterdam Prison.

Ramraji Deonarine, a security guard of Lot 257 Mayor and Town Council Scheme, New Amsterdam, pleaded guilty to a charge, which stated that on January 12, she interdicted narcotics into the prison. Deonarine had six grams of cannabis concealed in a bar of soap which she was taking to a convicted prisoner, Anthony

 Ramraji Deonarine
Ramraji Deonarine

Persaud.

Police Prosecutor, Inspector Orin Joseph told the court that on Thursday, Deonarine requested to visit the convicted prisoner and at the time had a bag containing several items she was taking for him. The prosecutor explained that Prison Officer Jennifer James, during an inspection of the items, discovered that a part of the soap was dug out and the drug inserted and then covered with a piece of soap from the same bar.

According to Deonarine, she met Persaud while working as a guard at St Theresa Primary School one year ago, but he was jailed for three years. According to her, over the past year, she had been visiting Persaud in prison.

She said that on the day in question, someone met her at the prison door and asked her to take the bag to him. She said she was unaware of what was in the bag.

Magistrate Marissa Mettelholzer imposed a three-year jail sentence and fined her $15,000.

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9 nabbed with date rape drug, ammunition

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Three females and six males were on Friday morning arrested after Police swooped down on an illegal operation at Rasville, Georgetown, where several live rounds of ammunition for two different calibres of weapons and a large quantity of ecstasy pills were unearthed.AMMUNITION FOUND-1
Reports are Police acting on information conducted a search in several apartments, during which they found 16 live rounds of different calibres of ammunition and 180 ecstasy pills.
The Police are working on the theory that the early morning arrest is a direct spin-off with the recent arrest of a Tucville mechanic, who was arrested on Thursday evening with a .45 rifle and one live round of 9mm ammunition.
The suspect, Caesar Gonsalves, of Lot 119 Turn Drive, East La Penitence, Georgetown, was arrested and placed before the courts. He was remanded to prison and will make his next court appearance on January 24.
However, the nine persons in custody following the raid on Friday morning are being questioned and charges are expected to be laid in the new week.

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Gunmen rob mother, daughter in front of ECD home

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A woman and her daughter were left traumatised after they were robbed at gunpoint, moments after reaching their Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara home on Friday. The entire episode was captured by surveillance cameras that surrounded the family’s house.

The armed man executing the robbery on Friday
The armed man executing the robbery on Friday

Reports are the two women had visited a city bank earlier in the day and may have been trailed by the perpetrators in a silver-grey car. The surveillance footage posted by the women on social media showed that within a minute after arriving at home, the car pulled up alongside them and two men exited.

The men who were carrying handguns and had their faces covered with handkerchiefs exited and walked towards the parked vehicle belonging to the women. They then relieved the women of an undisclosed sum of cash and escaped in the motorcar that was driven by an accomplice. Persons in the area were in shock and hardly had time to react.

The Police are in possession of the surveillance footage as they continue their investigations. Attempts to contact the women proved futile.

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Moruca man stabbed to death during row

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A miner of Moruca Village, North West District (NWD), was in the wee hours of Sunday stabbed to death, during a confrontation with another man in the village.

Dead is Robert “Bobby” Ferreira, 30. Based on information received, Ferreira and two friends, who had travelled to the village, were at a get-together when an

Dead: Robert “Bobby” Ferreira
Dead: Robert “Bobby” Ferreira

argument broke out among the group of men.

The argument quickly escalated, and one of the men broke a bottle and stabbed Ferreira to his leg. The injured man was subsequently picked up and rushed to the hospital, but it was too late.

Speaking with Guyana Times, the dead man’s father, Virgil Ferreira explained that he received a call from his eldest son at about 03:50h informing him that Bobby had been stabbed.

He explained that his son worked in the interior and returned home to spend the holidays. He was accompanied by two friends.

“It was him and these two friends were at a hang when the confrontation occurred… I don’t know if it was a broken bottle or a knife that was used to stab my son… all the information I received was that he was stabbed,” the father related.

He further explained that after his son was stabbed to the leg, his friends ran after the suspect to apprehend him.

“His friends thought that a stab on the foot was not that serious and ran after the suspect, but apparently, due to the stab wound, the main artery was severed causing a blood blot which had directly affected the heart,” he explained.

After the two men returned with the suspect, they placed the injured man into a vehicle and took him to the hospital. Unfortunately, within a few minutes of his arrival at the medical facility, he succumbed.

The grieving father confirmed that the suspect hailed from the village and was in Police custody assisting with the investigations. Meanwhile, the father is calling on the relevant authorities to ensure that the post-mortem examination is done in a timely manner so that his son can be laid to rest.

The reason for this request, he explained, is that bodies are often kept for long durations at the mortuary with no pathologist to perform the post-mortem. Eventually, the bodies are buried without family members knowing the cause of death of their loved ones.

Ferreira leaves to mourn his parents, and 11 siblings. The Police are continuing their investigations into the murder.

FM

West Berbice Mandir vandalised

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– Dharmic Sabha calls for swift justice

 

Members of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha are now appealing to the Police for justice after their West Coast Berbice Mandir was broken in to Saturday night.
According to reports, a member of the Number Three Vishnu Mandir on the West Coast of Berbice made the discovery. Several Murtis were damaged and it was reported that several microphones were also stolen.

The Mandir was vandalised and the perpetrators destroyed several Murtis
The Mandir was vandalised and the perpetrators destroyed several Murtis

The Sabha, in a Facebook post Sunday morning, said: “It is our hope that those who committed this violation of this Mandir be dealt with by the law.”
Investigations are ongoing.

 
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NY-bound Guyanese busted with cocaine

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AN overseas-based Guyanese leaving Guyana after enjoying the Christmas season here was busted Saturday night at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) with over one kilogramme of cocaine. The 45-year-old construction worker, who was returning to New York, was arrested by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officers after the illegal substance was discovered in false walls of his suitcase.
The drug-enforcement agency made its first bust for the year on January 4, when a 24-year-old Guyanese woman, said to be a frequent traveller, was arrested with 4.2 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport at Ogle.
The drug was stashed in a suitcase belonging to the woman, who was preparing to board a flight to Antigua and Barbuda.

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Home invader wears victim’s maternity dress


 

In what can be described as “strange” cases of break and enter, residents from various villages had an experience to talk about.
On Saturday night at just about 23:20 hours Mellesa Narine, a seven-months pregnant mother of a two-year old was awakened by a male figure dressed in her maternity dress with one of her blankets wrapped around his face and a cutlass to her neck.
Narine told this publication that the man was shining a flashlight in her face, with the cutlass to her neck and demanding cash and jewelry. “I see a guy with a cutlass at my neck and he was flashing a torchlight in my eye. He had on ma pregnant dress, he ask me where the money deh and I tell he I don’t have any money”.
The woman stated that she normally sleeps with her fan on so this would’ve prevented her from hearing any sounds. She related that she pushed the individual away and he slammed the door on her foot, ripping a toenail out in the process. Narine further told this publication that the man ran downstairs and escaped on her bicycle she had parked in the yard.
Upon venturing downstairs she discovered her bottom flat ransacked, her hand bag on the ground, jewelry missing and carbonated and non-carbonated drinks also missing from her refrigerator. According to her, upon checking her purse she noticed $20,000 missing from her bag, three gold chains and a gold ring. The perpetrator also escaped with her maternity dress and her bicycle.
According to the Commander of B Division, Ian Amsterdam, a medical examination was conducted on the woman after she reported that she was sexually assaulted, the results of the examination showed no indication of sexual assault.
Amsterdam stated that Narine’s husband is currently wanted by the police for rape of an eight year old so they are looking at the possibility that it might have been him who broke into the home.
Meanwhile, just a village away, the said night, at approximately 12:30 AM, an intruder attempted to break and enter Soamatti Pertab’s home. The 77-year-old pensioner who lives with her 79-year-old husband told this publication that they heard a noise at the bottom flat of their home; she stated that her husband got up and switched on the lights to scare the intruder away. This apparently was successful since he was deterred.
Pertab related that after venturing to the bottom flat she screamed for help and neighbours rushed to her assistance, but by then the man was long gone. A blanket was found at the window, an indication that it was being used to open the window. The woman stated that she is still scared for her life after such an experience.
At 11:30 PM that said night the home of Kirpaul Damar, a businessman was also the victim of break and enter. Damar told Kaieteur News that his wife got up to tend to his grandson when she noticed a bicycle parked at their gate. “My wife woke me and told me someone parked their bicycle at our gate.
“Since I was not sure, I took out my firearm and loaded it. I then waited on my bed to see who would collect the bike”. The businessman stated that after some time while on the lookout he heard the dogs barking and then he noticed someone dressed in dark clothing jumping his gate.” I saw someone jump my gate and walking at the side of the truck so I fired a shot in the air to scare him, I fired two more in the sky but he jumped on the bicycle and rode away”.
He stated that he contacted his son and went out as well to see if they would’ve possibly caught up with the intruder but they were unsuccessful.
Damar related that upon returning home he noticed his downstairs kitchen was ransacked, “I saw my place ransacked downstairs in the kitchen. When I check like the man mix tea and eat biscuits. It had apple and grapes in the fridge; he eat some too and the man gone with my two bottles of pepper sauce I had in the cupboard.”
He stated that he had approximately $4000 in his bus that was parked downstairs and was left unlocked.
No- one has since been arrested.

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Berbice bandits raid MoneyGram, terrorize vendor

The MoneyGram section of Spready’s Supermarket, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice was yesterday afternoon robbed by a lone bandit. The daring daylight robbery took place at approximately 15:00 hrs.
According to a staff member attached to the snackette located in the said building, the man entered the MoneyGram outlet with a black helmet on.
“The man come in, a kinda dougla man, and he go inside and rest he hand on the counter. He see the girl over the counter counting money and then he stretch he hand and pull her hair and lash her head on the counter.”
According to the staff member, the man scaled the counter and took the money in the two drawers that were open and dumped the cash in a black bag he had in his possession. She stated that the bandit then scaled the counter and escaped with the loot.
From reports gathered, the armed man had his motorcycle parked outside. He reportedly rode a short distance away but his motorcycle gave up and he escaped on foot. The bike was left not too far away from the supermarket- it was later removed by police.
The perpetrator had escaped with approximately $800,000 in cash.
The injured staffer was taken to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital for a medical examination and was treated and sent away.
Meanwhile, as the MoneyGram robbery was in progress, the home of Nirmala Devi Persaud, 50, a vendor who operates a stall at her home at Lot 17 Kildonan Village, Corentyne, Berbice was invaded by three men- two of them masked. One man allegedly brandished a handgun whilst another had in his possession a roll of duct tape.
A traumatized Persaud, at her home, disclosed that the ordeal that took place at just about 15:00hrs.
“Meh binna clean fish ah back and three man come in meh yard from the back and start chuck meh up. Dem tie meh hand and dem bring meh inside the house and dem tie meh up more with the duct tape…All meh head, hand and foot.”
According to the woman, the bandits began to ransack a room in the bottom flat of her home in search of cash and jewelry. She told this publication that all along, the men demanded cash from her.
“Dem ask meh fuh meh money and gold and me tell dem me nah get. Me had one lil bob earing pon meh ears and the one with the gun tek am.”
She stressed that she told them that she had nothing more to give but handed over her purse in which she had a mere $80.
Persaud also disclosed that the men took her upstairs and ransacked the upper flat of the home but came up empty handed.
They reportedly exited the rear entrance of the house and ran towards the front. “Wan gal come fa buy carrot and she binna call and call. Dem na had noway fa guh and when she gan dem run out the back door and run out the front yard.”
The woman stated that she could identify the unmasked man if seen again. No one has been arrested in connection with the said robbery.
A police source stated that ranks are currently combing the Corentyne area for the suspects in connection with both robberies.

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Even jackass Granger can't stop robbery of fellow PNC supporters.

Bandits snatch $1.5M, loaded firearm from businesswoman


 

– Taxi driver shot; One suspect held

By Brushell Blackman

In a daring midday robbery yesterday, bandits snatched a bag containing $1.5M, a loaded

The robbery victim, Elda Belle, providing details to a detective.

firearm and three smartphones, from 41-year-old Elda Belle of Queenstown Georgetown outside Jialing Motors at Charlotte and Oronoque Streets, Georgetown.
Taxi driver, Richard Bellamy, who was transporting the woman, was shot in the left leg and is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
According to information received by this publication, Belle, a businesswoman in the mining sector, along with her regular taxi driver, Bellamy, left her Queenstown home sometime around 10am yesterday to collect a cheque from a mining company at another location in the city.
The distraught woman related that upon leaving there, she and her driver proceeded to Republic Bank on Water Street to cash the cheque. She said she spent some time in the bank and when her business there was completed she proceed to Jialing Motors.
It was upon arrival at the location that the less than two-minute ordeal began to unfold.
The woman said that as soon as she exited the taxi, someone behind her asked her something which she couldn’t recall what the question was. According to her, when she turned around she was looking into the barrel of a gun. It is believed that the taxi driver upon seeing this attempted to come to the aid of the woman and was shot in the leg. According to a female eyewitness, she only realized that something serious was happening when she heard what sounded like a ‘big truck’ slamming its door.
But she quickly realized it was a gunshot.
“When I looked over I saw the guy (bandit) with the gun in the air. He was tall and slim, and he wore a sky blue jersey with a short blue pants.”
The woman said that one bandit carried out the robbery while a blue Toyota AT 212 car, with what turned out to be fake number plates, HB 5918, was parked close by with an accomplice.

‘A’ Division Commander Clifton Hicken at the scene

The eyewitness said that the woman struggled fiercely with the bandit, with one of the four-wheel All-Terrain Vehicles located in front of the store, leaning on her. The bystander said the men were very calm and they did not conceal their faces.
After snatching the victim’s bag, the bandit walk briskly back to the getaway car and it sped away south along Oronoque and turned east onto South Road and disappeared.
A security guard attached to Jialing Motors said that when he saw the men and realized they were armed, he initially retreated from the doorway where he stood, because he was unarmed.
“I wasn’t armed, so when I see the gun I quickly went inside and tell me boss.”
The guard recounted that shortly after the taxi driver stumbled into the store clutching his leg, with blood pouring down, and he was quickly rushed to the hospital.
Meanwhile, ‘A’ Division Commander Clifton Hicken, who was quickly on the scene, told the media that a .32 calibre warhead and spent shell were recovered inside the establishment. He also said that the police will be looking at CCTV footage from the cameras around.
The police later arrested an Albouystown man in connection with the robbery. From all indications the woman had been staked out and trailed from the bank. This is a worrying trend and adds to the list of robberies where victims were apparently followed from banks. It was on December 15, 2016, that a Security guard was shot and $2.5M stolen after the man was trailed from the bank. Another man was shot and robbed of $3M in the Finance Ministry compound after he too was followed from a bank.

FM

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Elderly man jumps off balcony to escape bandits

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A SEVENTY-THREE-year-old man jumped off his balcony to flee three bandits who were trying to invade his home late Wednesday night. In the end, Lalta Mohabir, called “Lutch,” of 13 Alness Village, East Berbice-Corentyne, suffered a broken ankle. According to reports, around 23:30hrs on Wednesday, Mohabir, who lives alone was awakened by the sound of glass breaking. As he got up, he armed himself with a cutlass to ward off the three bandits. However, the noise intensified coming from an eastern side door and his widows on the said side being broken.
Fearing for his life, the overseas-based Guyanese hurriedly exited through a western side door and then jumped off his balcony injuring his ankle in the process. However, this did not stop him as he continued to run through his yard then scaled his neighbour’s fence and raised an alarm. The neighbours upon hearing his shouts called the police, by which time the bandits made good their escape after being unable to enter the heavily grilled house. Mohabir was taken to the Port Mourant Hospital, where he was referred to the New Amsterdam Hospital. He was later treated and sent away.

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East Coast NDC robbed

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three armed bandits tied up and robbed three security guards attached to a Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) office on the East Coast of Demerara, after breaking into the entity in the wee hours of Thursday.

According to one of the security guards, Seeraj Beemsingh, at approximately 12:45h, he noticed a white 212 motor car on the road in front of the Mon Repos-

Investigators at the NDC robbery
Investigators at the NDC robbery

La Reconnaisance NDC, while he was conducting his routine checks.

“What happen is the car left, so while I was doing my routine checks and so forth, everything seemed to be okay and I came back to my location and about 10 minutes after, I heard the dog barking. I see the dog look at the southern direction, and I just came out back to make a second check and I confront two of the bandits,” Beemsingh recalled.

He told this publication that one man held a gun in his hand, and instructed him not to scream. The second bandit was reportedly armed with a crowbar, while the third emerged from behind a tractor. The second and third bandits, according to Beemsingh, had kerchiefs over their faces, while the one with the gun was unmasked.

The security guard related that his attackers were of East Indian descent, and he provided a description to Guyana Times.

“[The one with the gun] lil fair and he weighs about 135lbs and he was about 5’4″, and the next two of them – they was 5’7″, 5’8″ and thin,” he said.

Beemsingh further related that the perpetrators tied his legs and hands, and then enquired as to how many other guards were on duty. He stated that the men then informed him that they came for “some money inside the office”.

“’Don’t scream’, they cuss up and thing and so, they bond my hands at the back and tie my feet and said don’t scream, don’t say a word, put your face down at the bottom,” the security guard related, noting that the bandit with the gun stayed with him, while the other two scanned the premises and brought two other security guards to be tied up as well.

The man recalled that shortly after, he heard the men breaking into the NDC. However, they reportedly came back to the three security guards empty handed and they were overheard saying “the girl wired them and tell them that they have $16 million and they ain’t get nothing from there. No money at all.”

In what appeared to be an effort to leave with something of value, the three bandits took the brush cutter which was on the premises, and proceeded to rob the security guards of $1500 in cash, two cellular phones, and a bag of medication. They then fled in the same vehicle they arrived in. The Police were contacted and they responded promptly. Investigations are ongoing

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Tattoo artist stabbed to death

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… minibus conductor arrested

A tattoo artist was on Friday evening stabbed to death during an alleged robbery in the vicinity of Demico House, Stabroek Market, Georgetown. Raul Rodrigues, 40, also called “Tattoo Man” of Lot 64 Leopold Street, Georgetown, was attacked and stabbed once to his chest by two men during the robbery.

Dead tattoo artist: Raul Rodrigues
Dead tattoo artist: Raul Rodrigues

Reports are Rodrigues, who is also a mason, was consuming alcohol in Leopold Street, Georgetown earlier in the day but reportedly left to collect his child’s mother, who was getting off from work at 20:00h.

However, Guyana Times understands that while walking in the vicinity of Dairy Bus Park, he was attacked by two males where he was stabbed. In an attempt to escape from his assailants, he collapsed in front of Demico House. The perpetrators reportedly relieved him of an iPhone he was carrying at the time.

He was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) where he reportedly died while receiving medical attention.

Annastacia Rodrigues, a sister of the dead man told Guyana Times that she was at home in Campbell Street, Albouystown, when she received a telephone call informing her that her brother was stabbed. As she was hurrying out, another friend told her that he was dead and that the family must rush to the hospital.

Upon arriving at the medical facility, she was restricted from seeing her brother although she pleaded with the security guards to be allowed to see him.

“About an hour and a half later, they come out and tell us that he was dead,” she related. Again, she requested to see her bother but that request was denied. However, she returned to the Police Station on Saturday morning where she was told that someone was arrested for the murder.

“The Police tell me that they arrested a man, but they could not say if he was the one who stabbed my brother, but they tell me that investigations are continuing,” she noted.

Nevertheless, she recalled that her sister was also stabbed and killed six years ago but no one was ever charged for the murder. She however, vowed to seek justice for her brother this time around.

While at Rodrigues’ house, her mother fainted several times as she cried out “they kill him… they kill him… no body nah do nothing to save he life.”

Meanwhile, the mother of the dead man’s child reportedly told Police that she left work and was heading to the minibus park when she saw someone lying on the ground and upon checking, she realised that it was Rodrigues. She noted that from all indications, he was already dead.

The Police in a release stated that Rodrigues was involved in an altercation with two men when one of them armed himself with an object and dealt him one blow to the region of his heart. Guyana Times understands that a 28-year-old minibus conductor was arrested and is being questioned in relation to the murder.

Rodrigues leaves to mourn his mother, siblings and three daughters.

FM

Clearly this(Denis Jones) is a PNC operative sacrificed as a pappy show meanwhile the senior pnc/afc druglords continue to peddle their trade unabated. 

 

Convicted cocaine mule nabbed for Toronto consignment

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A 63-year-old convicted cocaine mule from South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who was recently release from prison for drug trafficking, was nabbed by agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) for allegedly attempting to ship 22 pounds of cocaine to Toronto, Canada.CONVICTED COCAINE MULE NABBED FOR TORONTO CONSIGNMENT
Reports are Denis Jones, who was deported from the United States for cocaine possession, was arrested at his West Ruimveldt, Georgetown home by members of the drug enforcement agency.
It was reported that Jones was listed as the sender of a package to Canada, which contained 22 pounds of cocaine hidden among several bottles of wine, a quantity of custard powder and other products.
The package was intercepted as it was being loaded onto a Fly Jamaica flight destined for Toronto. Guyana Times understands that the members of the drug enforcement unit suspected something was amiss when they saw the name of the sender.
Upon opening the box, the ranks conducted a thorough search and it was at this time that the cocaine was found in the custard powder packets. They immediately pulled the package and it was taken to CANU’s Headquarters, where several small packets of cocaine were extracted and weighed.
The agents then went to the man’s home on Thursday where he was found and arrested. Charges are expected to be laid as soon as Monday. In 2012, Jones pleaded guilty to trafficking 700 pounds of cocaine in soap powder packets to Niger, Africa.

FM

Horse thief evades arrest

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…injures pedestrian, cyclists in process

A horse thief managed to evade arrest after Police gave chase in Tucville, Greater Georgetown, with a horse he had stolen some two weeks ago from a Better Hope, East Coast Demerara man.
According to a friend of the horse’s owner, he was in the Tucville area around 11:30h on Sunday when he saw a man riding the stolen horse.
He immediately alerted a Police mobile patrol passing at the same time.
However, when the bandit observed the Police, he attempted to escape with the horse, colliding with a pedestrian and cyclists in the process.
This collision resulted in an elderly man suffering injuries to his head and damage to the rear wheel of the cycle.

The friend of the horse’s owner taking the animal to the Police Station [Carl Croker photos)
The friend of the horse’s owner taking the animal to the Police Station (Carl Croker photos)
Public-spirited citizens assisting the injured pedestrian to the waiting Police patrol vehicle
Public-spirited citizens assisting the injured pedestrian to the waiting Police patrol vehicle

The bandit then dismounted the horse and made good his escape by scaling a nearby fence, and plunging into a canal.
The Police were forced to abandon the chase as they transported the injured pedestrian to a medical facility.
The owner of the horse, Rohan (only name given) of Better Hope, made a report to the Sparendaam Police Station about two weeks ago.  It is alleged that the perpetrator is a known felon called “Gunzie”, who was wanted for other criminal activity.
The horse was taken to the East La Penitence Police Station.

FM

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