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The Guyana Police Force said that at about 01:00 hrs yesterday (Monday), two ranks were on mobile patrol duties in the vicinity of Wismar Bridge in Linden, where they arrested three men with 55.5 lbs of suspected Cannabis in their possession.
The Police ranks saw three (3) unidentifiable males on two unmarked XR motorcycles heading west on the Wismar Bridge from an easternly direction.
The patrol Ranks brought the police vehicle to a halt in an attempt to stop the motorists, but upon seeing the law enforcement officers, the two motorcycles suddenly stopped. The three men jumped off the motorcycles and, in the process, threw two large, bulky plastic bags over the bridge and into the river.
The men tried to make good their escape, but the ranks managed to apprehend one of the three suspects identified as Keron Layne, a 23-year-old unemployed resident of One Mile Extension, Wismar.
Police quickly retrieved the two bulky plastic bags from the river. When it was opened in the presence of Layne, they contained a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be Cannabis.
Police took possession of the suspected cannabis, arrested Layne and escorted him to the Wismar Police Station along with the suspected cannabis, which was weighed in the presence of Keron Layne and amounted to 25.2KG (55.556 lbs).
Keron Layne was placed into custody pending charges.
HGP NIGHTLY NEWS-Government of Guyana Statement.
Elections are about people exercising their constitutional right to elect a government of their choice in a free, fair and transparent process.
It behoves all to ensure the integrity of that process through the highest standards of accountability, transparency, and strict adherence to the rule of law, including the rules governing elections, to guarantee respect for the will of the people.
Guyana therefore, supports the call for a transparent process of verification of the will of the Venezuelan people as exercised on July 28, 2024.
The people of Venezuela deserve nothing less
HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- Thirty three year old Rakeem Antonio Gilgeous, a citizen of the United States of America was taken into police custody Monday afternoon when ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department along with ranks from Special Branch swooped down on Lot 3451 Postal Housing Scheme, Georgetown.
The Corporate communications department of the Guyana Police Force is reporting that Gilgeous is wanted for murder in the USA.
โA search was carried out on his premises, and one United States of America passport was found. The passport was examined and it was observed that Gilgeous arrived in Guyana on 8th July 2024 through the CJIA,โ according to the police.
He was escorted to the Alberttown Police Station, where he was placed in custody. He was found to be in possession of US$12,000 which was lodged at the Alberttown Police Station.
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JULY 28, 2024
BREAKING NEWS- HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- Ranks from the Special organized Crime Unit have seized and searched the personal cellular phones of several staff of the Guyana Police Force Credit Union.
Nightly News has been reliably informed that the corridors of power are livid over the fact that evidence of grave financial impropriety and corruption within the Guyana Police have made its way into the publicโs domain.
Officers of SOCU grilled, finger printed and photographed several staff of the credit union as they seek to find out who allegedly leaked information to media houses, human rights advocate Melissa Atwell well known as Melly Mel, retired Assistant Police commissioner and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission Paul Slowe and Rickford Burke, President of Guyana Caribbean Institute for Democracy
โ They have their phones, going through personal pictures , messages, voice notes and all that โฆ. They said they are acting on instructionsโ, one source related to Nightly News.
Telephoned on Sunday for an update on the case , a usually reliable source told Nightly News that SOCU ranks have prepared charges for at least one staff of the credit union with โ cyber crime against the Guyana police Force while no evidence was foundโฆ. They just want to scare people โ.
โ The police have no power to seize and search a person's electronic gadgets without a court warrantโ a legal mind told this reporter.
This is a developing story.
HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- Trucks, heavy-laden vehicles will be restricted from using small community streets. The Guyana Police Force will patrol these areas to ensure compliance. This is according to Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, during a meeting with councillors and residents of Lamaha Gardens
โThe ministry will put up signs that โno heavy vehicles, trucks, and articulated vehicles to go through the small community streets.โ We will reduce the speed limit and signs to that effect will be put up in conjunction with the Guyana Police Force.โ
โAvoid using community roads as diversions to beat traffic, escape traffic lights, and shortcuts whether day or night. You are damaging the roads and affecting the health, peace, and well-being of citizens with the noise.โ
โ These new regulations would be officially gazetted soon.โ
HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- An intelligence led operation resulted in the arrest of two Guyana Defence Force ranks with 316 lbs of narcotics.
Special Branch and other ranks on Saturday Night, acting on information received, went to Mandela Avenue, behind the botanical gardens where they intercepted a Route 42 minibus ( 27), which was proceeding south along Mandela Avenue.
The bus is owned and was driven at the time by Edward Mc Calmont, a 40-year-old Corporal of the Guyana Defence Force, attached to Camp Ayanganna and a resident of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara.
Police say another Guyana Defence Force rank, John Johnson, a 24-year-old Lance Corporal attached to Base Camp Stephenson and a resident of Timehri, East Bank Demerara, was sitting in the front passenger seat.
They were both fully dressed in their uniform. Police informed them as to why they were stopped based on information received that they were trafficking in narcotics.
โ Police then carried out a search of the vehicle, in the presence of the two GDF ranks, and found forty-nine large bulky parcels wrapped with transparent plastic on the bus seats.โ
Police opened the parcels in their presence and found that they contained a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis. They were told of the offence committed, arrested and cautioned.
The GDF ranks were then escorted to the East La Penitence Police station, along with the bus and the suspected cannabis which, when weighed, amounted to 316 pounds.
The soldiers remain in custody as investigations continue.
Just last week two other GDF ranks - Staff Sergeant Adisa Higgins and Sergeant Clovis Sam -- were nabbed with 154 lbs of Ma*****na at Coverden Public Road, East Bank Demerara.
HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- A suspected chicken smuggler was moments ago shot and injured, reportedly by Guyana Revenue Authority enforcement officers.
The incident happened at Enmore on the East Coast of Demerara.
BREAKING NEWS- HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- Two ranks from the Guyana Defence Force have been busted with a large quantity of Ma*****na on Mandela Avenue.
More details soon.
JULY 27, 2024
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HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- The Alliance for Change believes that Assistant Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken who is performing the functions of Commissioner of police should proceed on leave in light of the investigation into high levels of corruption and financial impropriety within the Guyana Police Force.
โIt seems, with all the allegations being hurled around, and the documents to support them in the social media from whistle blowers, that the top posts of the GPF are highly coveted not because of a desire to serve and protect but because these top posts open doors to extraordinary power and riches. What is worse is that the PPP Government wants it that way all the same,โ AFC Executive and Member of Parliament, Khemraj Ramjattan said.
Mr. Ramjattan believes that In view of these โappalling, disgraceful developmentsโ in the Guyana Police Force, the Government should immediately have an independent, top-quality investigation be done: as to what happened, how come so much monies have gotten into the hands of these officers, and how were the contracts awarded.
โThose suspected to be involved must all be asked to go on leave, least they interfere and pervert the investigation,โ the AFC executive urged .
President Irfaan Ali has extended Hickenโs tenure, which officially ended on July 22, 2023, but Mr. Ramjattan believes there are sufficient grounds for Hicken to retire .
โBecause you also want him to go on leave, pending the investigations, and also because of the fact that he has reached the age. You suffer the Deputies that ought to arise when you extend the life, and I have been in public with this for over 20 yearsโ.
Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus has been sent on leave following allegations of financial impropriety that have been leveled against him.
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BREAKING NEWS- HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- The driver of a senior police officer is now implicated in the ongoing investigation into high levels of corruption and financial impropriety within the Guyana Police Force.
Multiple sources have confirmed that investigators found that the driver of that senior policeman is directly involved in the embezzlement after documents prove that he had misappropriated and personally claimed millions in funds that rightfully belonged to the Guyana Police Force.
Sources familiar with the investigation have described the policeman as the โmain conduitโ for the senior cop .
โ He would drop off fake invoices to sign and pick up all the beverages from the police mess and so on to deliver to his boss business placeโฆ. He knows everything what was going on, plus heโs always listed for promotionโ.
Night News has been unable to confirm reports that the driver was interviewed by investigators of the Special Organized Crime Unit on Friday.
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HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- Several serving and retired members of the Guyana Police Force are calling for the removal of a senior officer from the investigation into high levels of corruption and financial impropriety within the Guyana Police Force based on the fact that the officer had disciplinary matters before the Police Service commission and the fact that the officer has allegedly breached the Police Act Chapter 16:01.
Nightly News understands that several female police recruits had lodged complaints of sexual harassment and following an investigation it was recommended that the senior policeman be charged under the Police Discipline Act.
Also, in clear violation of the Police Act Chapter 16:01 the officer is alleged to have a trucking business registered at Lochaber, West Canje Berbice. That trucking business commenced operations on the 22nd of December, 2023 and there are allegations that fuel from the Guyana Police Force is used in the operation of that business.
The Police Act Chapter 16:01 stipulates that โโฆA member of the Force may be discharged at any time if, without the consent of the Commissioner, he carried on any business or trade or holds any other office or employment for hire or gainโ.
Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn in April of 2022 had promised to launch an investigation into Police officers who might be abusing their positions of power to operate private businesses or โside hustlesโ.
Recently, The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry registered its concern that the Guyana Police Force was investigating alleged corruption in that law enforcement agency, and recommended that other agencies be involved in an independent probe.
However, The Private Sector Commission on Tuesday said it had no problem with the Guyana Police Forceโs Special Organised Crime Unit investigating alleged corruption in the Guyana Police Force.
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HGP NIGHTLy News- The man who police say
burned and badly beat his stepson has been charged with attempted murder.
Twenty Four year old Shawn Davidson, a construction worker of North East Squatting Area appeared in the Georgetown Magistratesโ court Wednesday before Senior Magistrate Faith Magusty.
The court was told that the child is currently hospitalized in a critical condition, nursing a fractured leg.
Davidson has also been charged with a January 19, 2024 armed robbery at Laing Avenue. He denied that charge.
The accused was not required to enter plea on the attempted murder charge and he was remanded to prison until the 12th August 2024.
HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- BREAKING NEWS- Local Law Enforcement believe that they have now dented an extensive arms trafficking network following the seizure of several small arms, high powered rifles and a quantity of ammunition outside the Home of a murdered Ricardo Fagundes, well known as โPaper Shortsโ.
Usually reliable sources have indicated that the suspected head of the local network had been on the police radar for a while. Diligent Police investigation found that the weapons discovered Wednesday morning were for sale to criminal elements operating in Guyana.
โBuyers included people linked to drug trafficking โ, according to a well placed source.
Police on Wednesday declined to give specific details on the networkโs alleged means of distribution, communication and concealment, but said it was โsophisticated and ruthlessโ.
Police on Wednesday reported that intelligence-led operation was conducted at about 05:30 hrs today (Wednesday, July 24th, 2024), during which a total of 26 handguns and high-powered rifles, along with a cache of ammunition, were found. Six persons have also been arrested and are in custody, assisting with the investigation.
The Police team, led by a Superintendent, went to Lot 25 Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, at the home of Eon Fagundes, a 47-year-old Clothes Vendor, where a Search Warrant was executed. As the Police team entered the yard, Eon Fagundes was seen exiting the door of a flat wooden house in the yard with a side bag in his right hand.
He was confronted, and a search was carried out in the bag and one Sig Sauer Rifle and one magazine containing fourteen 9mm rounds of ammunition, one Polimore-80 9mm pistol without serial number and one magazine containing eight 9mm rounds of ammunition, one Spring Field Armory 45 pistol and four magazines, one containing five live .45 rounds of ammunition, and one Bravo gun holster.
Fagundes was asked if he is the holder of a firearm license to carry said fi****ms and he said 'no'. He was told of the offences committed, arrested and cautioned.
A further search was carried out in the house, but nothing else was found. A black Nissan Juke vehicle (Registration number PVV 6472) was parked on Sandy Babb Street's southern side, facing west, opposite Eon Fagundes' house. The vehicle was well secured.
Eon Fagundes was asked who owned the car, and he said his daughter and his child-mother, but he was the person using the car. He gave Police the keys to the vehicle, and a search was then carried out in his presence and the following fi****ms, ammunition and magazines were found in a suitcase, one gulf bag and a haversack:
** One AM 15 rifle and two magazines containing sixty-one (61) .223 ammunition
** Two Ruger-57 9mm pistols and one magazine containing forty (40) 9mm ammunition
** One FN-45 pistol and two (2) magazines containing thirty-eight (38) .45 ammunition
** One Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol and one (1) magazine
** One Berretta 9mm pistol and one (1) magazine
** One Spring Field Hellcat 9mm pistol and one (1) magazine
** One Canik 9mm pistol and one (1) magazine
** One G***k 43 pistol and one (1) magazine
** Five G***k 19 pistols, nine (9) Magazines and twenty-one (21) 9mm ammunition
** Seven G***k 40 pistols and ten (10) magazines with eighteen (18) .40 ammunition
** Two G***k 17 9mm pistols and two (2) magazines
** One G***k 9mm pistol and one (1) magazine
** One G***k 45 pistol and one magazine.
Police also found in the bags and suitcase:
** Seventy-five (75) 12-guage cartridges
** Four hundred and fifty-six (456) .223 ammunition
** Four hundred and eighty-four (484) 9mm ammunition
** Eighty-three (83) 5.7- 28 ammunition
** Thirteen (13) 10 MM ammunition
** Three hundred and fifteen (315) 7.62 -39 ammunition and
15 magazines.
Eon Fagundes was further told of the offences committed and cautioned.
A total of 26 handguns and high-powered rifles were found during the successful Police intelligence-led operation.
The following persons who were at the said address in the house at the time of the Police operation were all arrested for questioning, namely:
** Carol Fagundes, the 66-year-old mother of Eon
** Devena Persaud, age 22 years, unemployed niece of Eon
** Theresa Fagundes, age 49 years, unemployed sister of Eon
** Tessa Persaud, age 48 years, unemployed sister of Eon
** Clement Thornton, age 48 years, a Handyman
The fi****ms, ammunition and magazines were taken to the GPF's Ballistic Section to be examined, fumed marked, sealed and lodged. The motor car was also lodged.
Investigations are in progress.
BREAKING NEWS- HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- Police Wednesday morning found a number of guns and a quantity of ammunition in a vehicle outside the home of Ricardo Fagundes, well known as โPaper Shortsโ.
Fagundes was riddled with bullets by two men just after exiting a Main Street night spot on the evening of Sunday, March 21, 2021.
Developing story .
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JULY 22, 2024
HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- The following letter was sent to HGP TV Nightly Newsโฆ. Several serving members of the Guyana police Force have expressed disappointment over a leaked list of police ranks up for promotion.
Dear Mr. chase .
The leakage of the list of ranks recommended for promotion recently by commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken , and his admin team leaves much to be desired .
We are glad that it was leaked so those hard-working ranks desirous of promotion can see that their hard work that they're putting is going unnoticed due to favoritism, political affiliation and loyalty to politicians which is the order of the day In Guyana in the Guyana police Force.
News carrying and mudslinging of junior ranks by those affiliated to some senior officers who are so gullible believes the lies that is being pedal about certain ranks .
We will also like to highlight that the majority of people on that list were promoted at the last promotion in 2022.
Secondly Mr Chase, its also mind boggling that alot of them featuring on this current list has superceeded ranks whom were promoted years ahead of them with no justification given whatsoever.
The force recently outlined the crieteria for promotion does 90 % of those recommended for promotion fit that criteria? . Ranks were promoted previously without even attempting the requisite promotional exam , some had disciplinary matters pending and was also promoted.
While some whom are eligible for promotions are overlooked with the excuse given that they have pending disciplinary matters and if one should ask what are some of these matters it will leave you in 'awww' because they're so petty in nature.
ask about how long some of these matters are pending will make you laugh and the only time some ranks heard of some of these matters is around promotion time so as to stifle their upward mobility weeks , months and years pass and these matters go unaddressed until promotion time .
Can this be fair to hard working ranks some of whom are working away from their families for months , miss a lot of important events or celebrations because duties calls only to denied what they rightfully deserved .
We have those working in the city whom we personally know goes beyond and under to bring order in this town and what they get in return nothing.
This will further demoralized the hard working ones and dont be surprised if we see a mass exodus from the Guyana Police Force .
It is sickening !!!!
HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- STATEMENT by The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Corruption and financial impropriety within the Guyana Police Force .
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has grown increasingly concerned over recent revelations of a high level of corruption and financial impropriety within the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and calls for an immediate independent investigation.
As the body responsible for upholding and enforcing the laws of Guyana, it is repugnant that the very individuals who have been empowered to maintain law and order in the country are engaging in malpractices, which brings to fore questions of the GPFโs credibility and objectivity.
If the agents of the state who are responsible for maintaining stability and lawfulness are engaged in malfeasance, then they can no longer be trusted to uphold the standards that they ought to be enforcing.
The Guyana Police Force must not operate with impunityโin fact, the members of the Force must be held at a higher degree of accountability.
Failure to act can be viewed as assenting to corruption, and this can lead to a descent into
lawlessness.
Furthermore, an independent probe is needed in the interest of objectivity and transparency, as the Special Organised Crime Unit, which has been tasked with investigating these issues, is an arm of the GPF.
These circumstances are abhorrent and untenable; therefore, the Chamber calls for it to be dealt with swiftly, and for those found culpable to face the brunt of the law.
July 21, 2024
July 21, 2024
HGP NIGHTLY NEWS- Newly elected leader of the Alliance For Change, Nigel Hughes recently called for an independent external probe into allegations of financial impropriety against Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus.
โThe Guyana Police Force cannot be expected to investigate itself, particularly at the level of allegations of criminal activity against high ranking members,โ Hughes said.
โThe powers vested in the commissioner who can influence the conduct of any police investigation into his deputy, coupled with his clear attempt to provide cover for his deputy necessitates his removal from office during the course of the investigation.โ Hughes also suggested that Clifton Hicken, having passed the retirement age, should consider retiring.
Hughes suggested that โ We could invite somebody from Barbados or Jamaica to come and conduct that investigation.โ
However, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, perhaps unaware of the very close friendship shared between head of the Special Organized Crime Unit, Fazil Karimbaksh and Calvin Brutas is positive that there will be no pressure to alter the outcome of the investigation.
โThere will be no cover-up,the President himself is looking into the investigation,โ Jagdeo said.
The VP who doesnโt see a potential conflict of interest in the investigation said that โwe must not for the purpose of politics or for ratings or to get a good newspaper article, vilify people in the Police Force.โ
An embattled Brutas has since been sent on leave.
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