| Cabinet Maker To Jail |
| Tue, October 21, 2014 |
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54 year-old Delroy Chambers, a cabinet maker from Police Street is spending the first night of a 5 year sentence after he was convicted in Magistrate's Court of possession of drugs and guns.
Officers from Special Branch searched his house on October 12, 2013 and they ended up finding 1.5 kilos - or 3.3 pounds of weed, a 9 millimeter pistol, and 9 live rounds of ammunition. As a result, police arrested and charged him with drug trafficking, keeping an unlicensed firearm, keeping unlicensed ammunition, and drug trafficking.
Chambers stood trial before Magistrate Dale Cayetano, and after hearing all the evidence, he found Chambers guilty of all 3 offences. For the firearm offences, he sentenced him to 5 years each in jail, to be served concurrently. This means that he will only serve 5 years.
For the drug trafficking conviction, he must pay $10,000 in fines, and if he defaults, he will serve an additional 3 years in jail.
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