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Delon Henry, called ‘Nasty Man’ was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined $100,000 at the closure of his trial in relation to a charge that he had in his possession on October 4, 2015, at Agricola, a .38 revolver and eight live matching rounds of ammunition without being the holder of the necessary licences.

Jamal Murphy, the alleged consignee of the variety of guns and ammunition found at the GNIC Wharf on May 8, 2015, was yesterday found not guilty of two charges of illegal possession of munitions.

Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc has been fined $1.5m for an oil spill that made its way into the Demerara River.

The Ogle Airport Inc launched a new $10.5M Light Aircraft Parking Ramp at the airport yesterday that is set to hold a maximum of 10 aircraft for operators who do not have access to permanent hangar facilities.

A businessman was robbed of $2.9M cash on Tuesday morning when he was attacked by two armed bandits a short distance away from the Ruimveldt Police Station.

Facing flooding in their community, residents of Kara Kara, Mackenzie, Linden, yesterday blamed Bosai Minerals Inc, claiming that the company’s negligence was what had caused the disaster.

While recent rainfall compounded by a broken tailings pond in a nearby mining area caused Mahdia to experience flash flooding over the weekend, the situation is now under control as the water has since receded Regional Chairman Bonaventure Fredricks has said.

A businesswoman from Eteringbang was yesterday brought before the court and remanded to prison for allegedly having cocaine in her possession.

Cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the prisons have been cut by half since the implementation of the Directly Observed Treatment Short programme (DOTS), according to Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud.

There are plans in the making to institute alternative sentences in the hopes of reducing overcrowding in the prisons, according to Chief Probation and Social Services officer Forbes Munroe.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) application to Magistrate Judy Latchman to summons journalist Travis Chase and a station manager to testify in the trial of self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram was yesterday placed on hold.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday announced that it had recorded a 19% decrease in serious crimes for the first four months of the year as compared to the same period last year.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Tuesday afternoon declared open an Information Technology (IT) and vocational skills training programme for the youths of Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara.

A 21-year-old man appeared in court yesterday charged with assaulting his mother after she told him to go and get a job.

The common-law wife of Anthony David, one of the men accused of the robbery of Justice Nicola Pierre and her spouse, on Tuesday corroborated her husband’s claim that he was at home on the night of the attack.

(Trinidad Express) A Guyanese mother was one of two people who appeared in court on Tuesday charged with stealing stuffed toys including those of television characters “Spongebob” and “Barney” from a mini-mart.

Thirty-seven more Guyana Police Force ranks have completed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Induction Course.

The New Amsterdam Town Council last week ordered the closure of two Chinese restaurants after surprise inspections uncovered unsanitary conditions at both businesses.

A musician and labourer was last Tuesday granted bail after denying that he stole over $200,000 in goods and cash.

Fifty commemorative Golden Jubilee coins are up for grabs as GuyOil rolls out its promotions for the 50th independence anniversary celebrations, a release on behalf of the company said.