Bartica resident Joel Joseph, 22, was yesterday sentenced to a four-year prison term after he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of an AK-47 assault rifle, which he said he was planning to use to commit robberies.
Joseph was also sentenced to four years each on counts of unlawful possession of ammunition and conspiracy to commit a felony.
However, the sentences, handed down by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, will run concurrently.
Police had said that 11 men were arrested on Tuesday after a search of a truck they
