A Venezue­lan na­tion­al was charged with pos­ses­sion of firearms for the pur­pose of traf­fick­ing, has been sen­tenced to nine years hard labour, by a San Fer­nan­do Se­nior Mag­is­trate.

Al­bert Luiz Perez Abreu, 30, of Har­mo­ny Hall, al­so faced charges of dri­ving with­out a valid dri­ver’s per­mit and dri­ving with­out a cer­tifi­cate of in­sur­ance, when he ap­peared be­fore Se­nior Mag­is­trate Armi­na De­onar­i­nesingh, in the San Fer­nan­do Mag­is­trates’ Court, on June 12, 2023.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS, the ac­cused plead­ed guilty to all charges and was sen­tenced to nine years hard labour for the firearms of­fences, 30 days hard labour for dri­ving with­out a dri­ver’s per­mit and three months hard labour for dri­ving with­out a cer­tifi­cate of in­sur­ance.

The ac­cused was ar­rest­ed by of­fi­cers of the South­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force (SDTF) on Fri­day 9th June 2023, at the Debe Round­about, with four AK ri­fles and eleven AK mag­a­zines in his pos­ses­sion.