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Man guilty of gun, drug offences

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Livardo Rogelio Hinds pleaded guilty before Justice Elwood Watts on Monday, to having an unlicensed firearm, 26 rounds of ammunition and 1. 09 kilogrammes of marijuana all on the same day, July 6, 2024.

Hinds, of Glendairy Road, Bridge Road, St Michael was remanded to Dodds Prison until November 11, when the matters come up for hearing. Attorney Shadia Simpson is representing Hinds.

State Counsel Dr Zoe Hinds, told the court how lawmen executed a search warrant at Carlos Haynes’ residence.

Police found Hinds sitting on a sofa in the living room. Another man was there. The police identified themselves to both men

and then started searching the living room.

They found a clothes basket next to Hinds.

Inside this basket was a shopping bag and when it was searched, four transparent packages of cannabis were found.

The shopping bag was removed from the clothes basket, after which police found a black and silver firearm with an extended magazine.

( SD)

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