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A policewoman speaking to a supermarket employee (Police photo)
A policewoman speaking to a supermarket employee (Police photo)

Cops visit 21 supermarkets run by Chinese to look at security, risks

Deputy Commander Region No.3, Woman Superintendent Shellon Daniels led a sensitisation operation with other ranks yesterday regarding the security posture at 21 supermarkets operated by Chinese nationals from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo to Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara.

The crop of soya beans that was harvested.

Santa Fe Farm expanding range of crops this year

After the successful growth of a number of crops including soya beans and watermelons, Guyana’s first privately-owned integrated mega-farm, the Santa Fe Farm in Region Nine, is rolling out a number of expansion plans for different crops this year but has highlighted that proper roads and transportation logistics continue to be a challenge.

Julian Hodge

Mahdia man nabbed with suspected marijuana

Police ranks in Regional Division #8 conducted a cordon-and-search exercise on Thursday night at the Mahdia Arcade, where they stopped and searched Julian Hodge, called ‘Gully’, a 30-year-old Miner of Seven Miles Mahdia, Potaro, who was found with 13.8 grammes of suspected marijuana in his possession.

Dylan Walker (Police photo)

Vreed-en-Hoop businessman held over gun, ammo

At about 17:00hrs yesterday, Chief Inspector Lyte was in charge of an Anti-Crime Patrol on Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, when the patrol observed a Toyota Tacoma vehicle bearing registration number PYY 9229 driving dangerously in the vicinity of Jimbo bridge, Grove.

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