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Friday, August 8, 2025

'Rigger' to appear in court charged with possession of gun and ammunition

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1834 days ago
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One man is ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore the Point Fortin Mag­is­trates’ Court to­day charged with pos­ses­sion of a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion.


Ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports, on Ju­ly 29th at 5:20 am, In­sp Mathu­ra, Cpl Carter, PC Jim­dar and a par­ty of of­fi­cers went to the home of43-year-old Bar­ry 'Rig­ger' Sobers of Pier Road, La-Brea, and ex­e­cut­ed a search war­rant.

The of­fi­cers dis­cov­ered one black met­al Glock au­to­mat­ic firearm with two black mag­a­zines and 13 rounds of am­mu­ni­tion un­der a cup­board in a bed­room. Mr Sobers was im­me­di­ate­ly ar­rest­ed and tak­en to the Fyz­abad Po­lice Sta­tion.

He is ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore Mag­is­trate Ali­cia Chankar to­day, Ju­ly 30th.


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