Ryan Bachoo
A man who was caught by police on Wednesday walking with a 12-gauge shotgun in Sangre Grande was sentenced yesterday to six months of simple imprisonment.
27-year-old, Johnathan Gariff, who is unemployed and resides in North Eastern Settlement, Sangre Grande, pleaded guilty to the offence of possession of a firearm when he appeared virtually before Margaret Sookraj-Goswami.
Gariff was charged on April 4th by PC Charles of the Eastern Division Gang and Intelligence Unit (EDGIU).
He was nabbed with the firearm along Bonsai Circular, Sangre Grande by officers EDGIU and Eastern Division Task Force (EDTF) who were conducting an exercise in the area.
According to police reports, at 1.45 pm on April 3rd, 2024, EDGIU and EDTF officers were conducting gang suppression and surveillance exercises in the area when they acted on information about a man walking along a roadway with a firearm.
When EDGIU officers further investigated, they reportedly spotted a male suspect with a large blue bag in his possession and approached him. The gun was found during the search.