What appeared to be an ordinary wireless party speaker turned out to be something far more sinister when Antiguan police stopped a man along Simon Boulevard last week and made a discovery that led to an immediate guilty plea.

Alex Joseph, 33, of Nutgrove, had picked up a brown paper box from a shipping agency on February 27th.

Officers who intercepted him on the roadside were acting on suspicion — and their instincts proved correct.

After unscrewing the housing of the speaker found inside the package, they uncovered a 30-round 9mm Pro Mag magazine carefully wrapped in multiple layers of paper.

Joseph appeared before Chief Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel on Tuesday, entered a guilty plea, and was remanded into custody. He is expected back in court Thursday, when sentencing is anticipated.