Corentyne man killed

A Corentyne resident was questionably the country’s first reported murder victim. He was killed just ten minutes into the New Year.
The celebrations were just beginning to soak in when it was reported that one man was stabbed to death following an altercation with one of his drinking partners.    Dead is Asif Hafeez, 24, a labourer of Lot 72 Grant 1780, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice.
The situation started from a misunderstanding between the couple who lived in the upper flat of a two-storey apartment.
The alleged killer, a relative of the dead man’s wife, lived in the lower flat.
According to information, Hafeez and his wife had just returned from an Old Year’s Night party next door when an argument erupted between them.

Asif Hafeez

It is alleged that the woman’s relative downstairs got involved and Hafeez reportedly promptly told him to “mind his own business”.
This infuriated the situation and the two men became involved in an argument.  Hafeez reportedly went downstairs and an altercation began during which he was stabbed in the neck by the other man who was reportedly under the influence of alcohol.
The injured man was picked up and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. After committing the act the perpetrator walked out of the yard and has not been seen since. Investigations are ongoing.

Another afc/apnu low level drug pusher sacrificed while the Granger administration continue to be in bed with the drug lords. 

Surinamese national busted with cocaine

Gordon Wensley Lino with the cocaine taped onto him.

Thanks to alert ranks at the Moleson Creek Ferry terminal, a Surinamese national was intercepted yesterday with a quantity of cocaine in his possession.

According to the police, the man, who has been identified as Gordon Wensley Lino, was busted around 09:00 hrs while he was an outgoing passenger.

The 40-year-old man of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown and Mangrase Straat No.2 Paramaribo was caught with more than one kilo cocaine.

Kaieteur News was told that ranks requested to search the Surinamese national after observing that he was acting in a suspicious manner. Upon further investigation, it was revealed that the man had the cocaine taped around his body.

The arrest was made by Constable Mark Fraser. Investigations have so far revealed that Lino was working for a man, who traveled to neighbouring Suriname yesterday morning via the backtrack route.

There are reports that the man left Guyana with a quantity of cocaine. Investigators determined that yesterday’s bust was a trade between Guyana, Suriname, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Aruba.

Alleged rum thieves remanded

Difficult for business people to live and operate successfully in an dangerous environment. It's implication on the economy is negative.

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

Difficult for business people to live and operate successfully in an dangerous environment. It's implication on the economy is negative.

Agreed! Been going on now at least fifty years about time to put something between its spokes.

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

Difficult for business people to live and operate successfully in an dangerous environment. It's implication on the economy is negative.

you now learn about this,why u think guyana always have such a high migration rate 

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C’tyne businessman shot, chopped to death in home

–cops seek prison escapee, alleged accomplice
On the run since breaking out of prison while on a murder charge, fugitive Neshan Jagmohan is now the

Dead: Patrick Mohabir

prime suspect in the brutal killing of a Corentyne businessman, who was shot and hacked to death in his home at around 23.30 hrs on Wednesday.
Police say Patrick Mohabir, 42, of Lot 9 Belvedere Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice, was attacked in his home by two men who were armed with a gun and a cutlass.
According to a police statement, the men also held up his wife Shabina Ahmad, 39.
“During the incident Patrick Mohabir put up a resistance and was shot and chopped by the perpetrators who escaped with two cell phones and a pair of shoes.
Mohabir succumbed at the Anamyah Memorial Hospital.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum disclosed that investigators are trying to locate Neshan Jagmohan, who escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison  last December while in solitary confinement.
Jagmohan was committed to stand trial for the October 7, 2013 murder of businessman Devindra Deodat at Hampshire Squatting Area, Corentyne.
Deodat, the owner of Cool Runnings Trucking Service, was shot and chopped to death by masked men who had stormed his grocery.
The bandits also chopped Deodat’s wife in the head and shot her father, Rafeek Abdul, in the left arm.
Blanhum also disclosed that they were seeking another suspect, but declined to identify the individual or say why investigators had connected Neshan Jagmohan to Wednesday’s killing.
Kaieteur News was told that at around 23:30 hrs on Wednesday, two masked men – one armed with a long gun and another with a cutlass, both dressed in dark long-sleeved clothing entered the Mohabir’s home.

The premises in which the attack occurred.

Mohabir, a father of six, operates a popular grocery – Shabina and Sons Supermarket – on the premises.
At the time of the invasion, Mohabir, his wife, Shabina and four of their children, were at home. The two older children live overseas.
According to Shabina Ahmad, she and her husband were in their room when her husband heard some strange sounds emanating from outside. She said that they thought it was their children and he asked her to investigate, while he retired to bed.  Upon venturing out of the room, the woman was confronted by two masked men.
She said that she immediately begged the intruders not to harm her.  She said she told the armed men to take whatever they wanted.
However the men did not seem interested in her offers.
Upon hearing the talking, the woman’s husband immediately got up from his bed, but was confronted by one of the bandits. A scuffle ensued and he was shot in his left thigh and chopped by one of the perpetrators. The shot, which was fired at close range, shattered his left leg.
The bandits then returned to the woman.
She “scrambled” with one of them pulling off his mask in the process. However she was not able to see his face “because he duck…” The invaders then quickly exited the house, taking with them two cell phones and a pair

Neshan Jagmohan (right) and his brother Ramnarine during one of their court appearances.

of shoes.
Patrick Mohabir was left in the bedroom where he bled profusely.  He was rushed to the nearby Anamayah Memorial Hospital, some four buildings away, where he succumbed while receiving medical attention.
“I don’t think it was a robbery, ‘cause they didn’t ask for anything,” the man’s wife reflected.
It was not clear how the men gained entry into the house, as there were no signs of forced entry or breakage. The woman stated that the invasion lasted about five minutes. Her four children slept through the ordeal and she woke them after the bandits left. The thieves escaped through a back door.
Mohabir, who once worked as a body guard, had been fingered in many misdemeanours in the past.  In 1998, he and two others were charged with murdering Detective police officer Raybourn Quinn. The detective was brutally chopped to death on the Whim Public Road while on his way to the Whim Police Station to make a report about cattle rustling. The matter was dismissed in the High Court a few years later.

Looks like Walter Rodney execution planning all over again, this time Brassington is the target.

Army admits involvement in surveillance activity

Pyle was “legitimately” supporting SOCU – GDF

Robert Pyle

BY MICHAEL YOUNGE

The Government of Guyana and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Tuesday attempted explain their involvement in what appears to be a very quasi-political operation, aimed at targeting the Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington under the guise of carrying out a Police investigation, following the completion of a forensic audit at the entity.
The Defence Force was forced to admit that one of its Sergeants, Robert Pyle, was deployed to be part of a “legitimate” operation in support of the Special Organised Crime Fighting Unit (SOCU).
Plye and his wife died on December 30 while chasing a vehicle which they believed had links to Brassington.
The vehicle was being driven by a young man who was not related to Brassington. His sister was an occupant in the car. It was reportedly seen in the vicinity of Brassington’s Kingston, Georgetown home on the night Plye and special ranks were staking out the property.
After failing to block the vehicle from taking off, Plye and other special ranks in a second vehicle tailed it all

Winston Brassington

the way to Carifesta Avenue where another attempt was made to block it from proceeding further.
But this time, one of the two vehicles giving chase slammed into a vehicle which was being driven by civilian Linden Eastman. He subsequently died on the spot as a result of the impact, according to reports.
In a very brief statement to the media, the GDF, finally breaking its silence following public outrage and mounting criticisms, claimed that there was nothing sinister about its involvement in the probe being conducted by SOCU.
It argued that it was “normal” for the Defence Force to offer support to other law enforcement bodies on operations of a similar nature.
The GDF then alleged that Plye who was a member of its Special Intelligence Unit was working as part of Operation Dragnet which was an initiative announced last year by Government to tackle the out-of-control crime situation in the country.
The GDF’s release did not clarify who made the request for assistance and whether other ranks were also deployed officially to be part of the SOCU role.
When contacted, GDF Chief-of-Staff Mark Phillips remained tight-lipped and refused to cooperate with Guyana Times, pointing this newspaper to the release that was sent out earlier.
Soon after, this newspaper learnt that SOCU did not make an official request through the right channel for whatever support it felt it needed during the probe.
SOCU, the Guyana Police Force and the Government to a lesser extent, have remained mum on the entire incident and political undertones that are emanating as the fiasco unfolds.
Also, there have been no explanations as to why Plye’s wife was in the vehicle with him while he was on a “legitimate” operation on December 30, 2015.
No statement has been forthcoming about the identity, status or location of the fourth accident victim, who was pulled from the car and rushed to receive medical attention.
Guyana Times learnt on Tuesday that President David Granger; Vice President with responsibility for public security, Khemraj Ramjattan; Brigadier Phillips and Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud were fully briefed on the matter for days but said nothing to the media.
During the 2015 General and Regional Elections, the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition had downplayed public concerns over its paramilitary fetishism which saw it employing the services of scores of former military and Police officials.
The coalition soon after was accused of attempting to subvert the independence of the Guyana Defence and Police Forces with the aim of achieving influence and control over their day to day operations and decisions of a certain nature.
The APNU and AFC then denied interfering but this most recent incident is being seen as having political roots because the Government has never hesitated to brand Brassington publicly as being aligned to the Opposition.

British teen found in shallow grave

-God-brother  arrested -friend, wanted

The search for missing British teen, Dominic Bernard, came to a grisly end at around 13.30 hrs yesterday, following the discovery of his decomposed body in a shallow grave at Nurney, Corentyne Berbice.
The victim was fully clothed and his body appeared to have been mutilated.
The body was left overnight under guard at the scene. A postmortem is to be conducted today.
Police sources said that Aaron Wilfred Hing, the victim’s god-brother and a prime suspect, was captured last night in a city hotel. He had booked into the hotel at around 17.00 hrs and was asking a staffer to borrow a cell phone when two police ranks, who had received information about his whereabouts, informed the staff that they were looking for a murder suspect.
A source said that Hing attempted to slip away from the scene but one of the policemen recognized him.
He was then arrested and was still being questioned at press time at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary. A second man is also in custody.
Police had issued a wanted bulletin for Hing, 23, who is a British citizen, and who had lived with Dominic Bernard’s family before coming to live in Guyana.

Captured: Aaron Hing.

The bulletin had given Hing’s last known address as Lot 19, Kildonan Village, Corentyne.
A similar bulletin was also issued for Staymon George, who is also 23. His last known address was given as Lot 19 Charles Street, Charlestown and Kildonan Village, Corentyne.
Police sources said that Dominic Bernard’s corpse was found after detectives, responding to an anonymous call, conducted a four-hour search of a desolate and bushy area some five miles off the main road at Kildonan, Corentyne.
The ranks were reportedly tipped off some time on Thursday night that Dominic Bernard had been slain and his body buried in the area.
They reportedly began searching the bushy terrain from as early as 08.00 hrs yesterday.
There are reports that the ranks were about to give up the search when they received a second call.
This caused them to intensify the search and the shallow grave, with its gruesome remains, was eventually found.
Detectives from Georgetown, including ranks from the major Crimes Unit, joined detectives from Berbice in their investigation and remained at the scene up to late yesterday evening.
Indications are that the 18-year-old British citizen was murdered, by persons who knew him, shortly after he arrived in Guyana.
Dominic Bernard reportedly travelled to Guyana on October 14, last to meet his God-brother, Aaron Wilfred Hing.
He failed to make contact with family or friends.
The teenager was scheduled to fly back to England on November 5, 2015.

Staymon George

During a press conference held at Cara Lodge, the missing teen’s father, Andrew Bernard, said that his son left London to travel to Guyana on October 14, 2015 on Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) flight BW 903. He said that Dominic landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Timehri at 21:50hrs and “has not been seen or heard from since.”
He went on to say that his son is six feet tall and of medium build.
According to Mr. Bernard, Dominic was last seen wearing blue jeans and white sweatshirt with a black jacket that has leather in the middle and fabric on the arms.
A photographer/film maker, the teen was also wearing a pair of white Nike sneakers and was carrying a suitcase along with one piece of hand luggage.
Andrew Bernard stated that this was his son’s maiden trip to Guyana. He was supposed to be picked from the airport by his God-brother, whom he was coming to spend time with.
Mr. Bernard stated that after his son failed to return home, he contacted his Godson who claimed that he had not seen the teen and did not even know he had travelled to Guyana.
Mr. Bernard said that it was unusual for his son not to make contact with his family.
He recalled that his son had travelled to Atlanta, Georgia, in the US earlier last year, and had made contact with his family as soon as he touched down there.
Dominic Bernard resided in England with his parents and according to his father, he was not encountering any problems back at home.

Dominic Bernard

On Thursday, police, acting on reports that the missing teen had been spotted, searched locations in Berbice, Sophia and Timehri.
Several CID, Intelligence and uniformed police ranks from Georgetown and Berbice, searched a house in Kildonan, Corentyne.
According to reports, the house turned out to be the home of the missing teen’s best friend and god-brother, Aaron Hing.

“We were fearful for our lives”

Good going Granger administration. You promised change but gave exchange. 

Woman alleges rape at GPHC

A 25-year-old woman is accusing a member of staff attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) of raping her while she was a patient at the hospital.
The woman stated that last Monday, while she was lying on her bed in the ward, she was approached by a man, whom she said was dressed in blue and black.
“He tell me that I have to go with him downstairs to get an injection,” she said.
The woman stated that she was then escorted downstairs and led into a dark room where she was instructed by the individual to remove her clothes.
“He had sex with me, and he left me in the room and I couldn’t find my way back (to the ward).”
The woman subsequently made a report to officials of the GPHC and caused an investigation to be launched.
She said that she was given a prophylactic and counseled by a social worker.
However, several sources interviewed by this publication, made claims of the woman – who is a “regular” at the hospital because of her having constant seizures – being intimately involved with her alleged rapist.
Sources have also stated that the woman and the alleged rapist would often have consensual sex at the GPHC. One of the source’s “theories” is that the duo might have been caught in the act causing the “embarrassed” woman to “cry rape”
Both allegations, however, were denied by the woman who expressed disgust and who stated that while she has a lot of friends at the hospital, she has never met this particular individual.
When spoken to recently, she said that several officials attached to the GPHC had visited her and requested that she drop the matter. However, the woman said that she has no such intentions of doing so and with the support of her mother, she is hoping that she will get justice.
Speaking to Minister of Health George Norton yesterday, he revealed that upon hearing of the incident, measures were immediately taken.
“We took measures to remove security personnel who we think were not doing their jobs and also instructed others who were in the area of security and this is being undertaken by someone who is very well experienced in the security sector and is coming directly from the Ministry of Public Health…” he stated.
On the question of whether the alleged assailant was still on the job Norton replied, “Certainly not, investigations are still going on, if it is necessary, charges will be laid.”

Drugb posted:

This govt is a joke.

Berbice Bridge robbed

DECEMBER 24, 2015 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS 

A BBC vehicle parked at the Central Police station yesterday.

The Berbice River Bridge may very well be rethinking its decision to lower their fare after the company was hit with a $5M robbery on Wednesday.
The take included both cash and cheques.
Reports are that around 06:00 hrs on Wednesday, operatives at the  De Edward, West Bank Berbice River end of the bridge were in the process of making a deposit  at the nearby Republic Bank when they were robbed by a lone gunman with a hand gun.
According to Chief Executive Officer of the Berbice Bridge Company, Omadatt Samaroo, the Supervisor was in the vicinity of the Republic bank and had just exited the vehicle to make a deposit into the safety deposit box when a lone bandit appeared and pointed a gun to her head and demanded she hand over the cash that was in two night deposit bags.
The man grabbed the bags from the startled employee, jumped the bank fence and escaped in the nearby cane fields.
It is not sure if the BBCI staff was accompanied by any security detail, however people in the vicinity stated that none was available.
It was a regular practice by the BBCI not to have security details accompany their employees when they are depositing money.
It is understood that security details at the Bank who are usually unarmed scampered for cover, some hiding under tables when they saw the man with the gun.
The matter was reported to the police who responded promptly and scoured the area. A man was subsequently nabbed in the vicinity and is in custody. He is said to have been seen with a change of clothes.
Investigations are continuing.

OH HO -Karma.

Bobby company get robbed.  Interesting.

Tief who tief from a tief mek god laugh.

The Granger administration continues to do a lousy job in the security of the nation's citizens. Yet no call for Ramjattan's resignation.

Grocer, 81, wife, 49, butchered by drug-crazed youths

The home in which the couple were savagedly brutalised.

-teen confesses to brutal killing, caught trying to wash off blood

by Michael Jordan and Samuel Whyte
In one of the most shocking confessions in recent times, an 18-year-old boy yesterday related to police how he and two others tortured, robbed and finally hacked an 81-year-old grocer and his 49-year-old wife to death at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice.
The victims, Doodnauth Rajkumar and Dianne Chammanlall, who own a grocery and beer garden, were terrorized and repeatedly chopped, after the young robbers, all drug-crazed youths, broke into their Lot 93 ‘A’ Bush Lot, Middle Dam, West Coast Berbice property early yesterday morning.
Mr. Rajkumar, with throat slashed from ear to ear, and with one arm partially severed, was found dead in the hallway.
Police reportedly found his wife, Dianne Chammanlall, badly injured and lying in the verandah of the two-storey home.
She succumbed while receiving medical attention at the Fort Wellington Hospital.
The teen, who police identified as Neeman Rafeek, called ‘Shazam’, of Bush Lot New Scheme, Berbice, was captured at his home shortly after fleeing the scene.
At the time, he was washing off the blood of the victims. Detectives also found bloodstained clothing soaked in a bucket.
Up to late yesterday, detectives were still hunting for the detained youth’s two other accomplices. One of the suspects is a 25-year-old former murder accused who was recently arrested, but released, in connection with another murder.
Other reports stated that at least four people are in custody. Police have also recovered a knife that the killers used.
The slain couple operated a grocery as well as a beer garden. Kaieteur News understands that the beer garden was frequented by drug addicts from the community.

Undertakers removing the body of one of the victims.

Evidence at the slain couple’s home revealed that the killers had devoured chocolates and other confectionaries at the scene, and had even defecated in the home. Police also found a bag that the young killers had stashed with confectionaries, but were forced to abandon after the ranks arrived.
In a detailed statement to detectives, the detained youth reportedly admitted that the gang had broken into the premises to rob the victims.
The teen reportedly stated that after cornering Doodnauth Rajkumar and Dianne Chammanlall in their home, the robbers began chopping their victims, while repeatedly demanding money.
But it was while they were torturing the couple that neighbours reportedly heard the commotion.
They contacted the police who rushed to the scene and saw the three killers scaling a fence.
Inside, they found the upper flat ransacked and awash with blood, with the dead businessman and his mortally wounded wife nearby.
While the victims were taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital, police set up a cordon in an attempt to capture the victims, but the suspects managed to slip the dragnet.
However, acting on information, police ranks went to the Bush Lot New Scheme home of teenage suspect, Neeman Rafeek.
There, they reportedly found him trying to wash off his victim’s blood, while his clothing, also bloodstained, was in a bucket of water.
Mr. Rajkumar was the father of four, who are all overseas. The victim was also said to be a US citizen.
His reputed wife also has a daughter who lives overseas.
His nephew, Attorney- at- Law Ramesh Rajkumar, said that his uncle recently travelled overseas to visit his children and take his regular medical checkup.
Rajkumar stated that relatives received a call around 04:30 hrs from someone who told them about the incident.
He stated that the couple was badly beaten and chopped and appeared to have been tortured.
The nephew also stated that the thieves took time to drink beers and eat chocolates, before defecating in a number of areas in the house.
According to Rajkumar, he was told that the bandits entered the house around 02:30 hours.
It is unclear how they gained entry, since there were no signs of forced entry.
Residents stated that a number of youths would drink, and even “smoke weed” in front of the premises.
Some speculated that one or more of the bandits, who are all from the area, may have secreted themselves into the shop before it was closed.
Residents were loud in praise of the police for the swift manner in which they responded to the situation.
A large number of people, including relatives, gathered outside the couple’s home when daylight dawned. They saw the undertakers removing the bodies and were stunned.

Body on yacht had gunshot to face

Local investigators have contacted their French counterparts as they collaborate to probe the death of Frenchman Michel Bozier, whose body along with that of his dog was found on a yacht 200 miles off the coast of Guyana.

The “Allegro” moored at the GDF Coastguard wharf.

Local police took possession of the body yesterday after the yacht, “Allegro”, was brought into Port Georgetown by the Guyana Defence Force Coastguard.
According to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, the body bore a gunshot wound to the face which is consistent with a shotgun blast.
The dog was also shot dead with a shotgun.
Blanhum said that while a post mortem examination has not yet been performed on the body, investigators are looking at every possible theory, including suicide as the reason for Bozier’s death.
A shotgun was found under the face…There were three other shotguns in the cabin,” the Crime Chief said.
From all indications no one else was on the vessel when Bozier died, since according to the Crime Chief, everything was intact, including credit cards belonging to the dead man.
Investigators were able to ascertain from documents found on the yacht that Bozier celebrated his 70th birthday two months ago.
The yacht bearing the bodies of Bozier and his dog was first spotted on January 5 by the crew of a tanker vessel which was moving from Jamaica to Brazil.
The crew sent a transmission which was picked up by the local coastguard, who subsequently informed the relevant agencies.  The coast guard was provided with the reading of where the sighting was made.
Using the information, the Guyana Defence Force sent out its Skyvan to conduct a flyover survey to confirm the information.
After this was done, the aircraft returned to the coast and a team from the Maritime Administration, the GDF and the Guyana Police Force went to the location and brought the French registered yacht into port.

Three held for illegal 9mm in car

Police on the West Demerara continue to be on the alert to ensure that they minimise criminal activity in their Division.
Yesterday, they were successful in taking another illegal weapon off the streets and might have been able to halt the progress of a gang that was wreaking havoc in La Parfaite Harmonie community.
Divisional Commander Stephen Mansell told this newspaper yesterday that his ranks were on patrol duty around 10:20 hours when they intercepted a car at Schoonard Public Road, which leads into La Parfaite Harmonie.
The occupants were ordered out while a search was carried on in their presence.
An alert policeman observed a bulge under a mat in the vehicle. A closer examination revealed a 9mm pistol with nine matching rounds of ammunition. The three men were promptly taken into custody.
The Commander said that apart from being charged for the illegal possession of the firearm and ammunition, the men will be placed on ID parade to see if they were involved in any of the criminal activities that were perpetrated in the area within the past few months.
“We had some hits in the Parfait area late last year and we will be investigating to see if they were involved,” the Commander said.

This is what the people voted for when they elected the afc/apnu.

Single women abandon their homes

As bandits continue to invade the homes of women who live alone on the Essequibo Coast, many of those women are now forced to abandon their homes out of fear of being physically harmed or even killed.
One such recent attack targeted a woman who has resided for years at Richmond Village, Essequibo Coast. The victim revealed during a conversation that she still cannot understand why the bandits chose to invade her house and cart off all of her clothing and food stuff, even though she secured the building and had gone away for a while.
According to the woman, the night after she left the Coast to spend some time away, her home was invaded and ransacked.
The worried woman said that the intruders searched every room, purse, cupboard and wardrobe took away all of her clothing including her underwear.
The woman said that the incident has forced her to never sleep in her house again. A report was lodged and detectives visited the scene and conducted a thorough investigation but to date no one has been arrested. Further reports have indicated that there was no sign of forced entry except footprints in the sand behind the building.(Yannason Duncan)

The message from the new Govt, crime does pay.  They will be pardoned!