Man Jailed Seven Months After Firearm Magazine Found Hidden Inside Party Speaker
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.
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