A Nutgrove man is serving a seven-month prison sentence today after police unscrewed a wireless party speaker he had just collected from a shipping agency and found a 30-round firearm magazine hidden inside.
Alex Joseph was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm magazine concealed inside a wireless party speaker he had collected from a shipping agency.
Joseph had picked up a brown paper box from a shipping agency on February 27th. Officers who intercepted him along Simon Boulevard 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 hidden within the device.
On Tuesday, Joseph appeared before Chief Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel, entered a guilty plea, and was remanded into custody pending sentencing.
He was represented in court by attorney Lawrence Daniel.
With such a punitive punishment what is the deterrent here? chups
Seven months too soft. Imagine what could have happened if that reach the wrong hands
that speaker wasnt for music nuh it was for trouble
He know exactly what he was collecting. Nobody innocent in that kind of thing
Customs and police deserve credit for catching that. These traffickers getting too creative
things getting out of hand. kodos to the officers