By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN admitted to having a loaded firearm and marijuana in his vehicle after police stopped and searched him in the Coral Harbour area last week.
Doug Gardiner, 36, was reportedly found with a black Austrian Glock 9mm pistol, 25 rounds of ammunition, a black firearm magazine, and 1⅜ ounces of marijuana when his white Nissan Clipper was stopped by police around 2am on January 15.
Gardiner pleaded guilty before Deputy Chief Magistrate Shaka Serville to charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, possession of ammunition with intent to supply, possession of a component part of a firearm, and possession of dangerous drugs.
His co-accused, Carlinda Daniels, 38, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Daniels was granted bail in the sum of $7,500 with one or two sureties. As part of her bail conditions, she is required to sign in at the East Street South Police Station every Monday and Thursday by 7pm.
Magistrate Serville initially allowed Gardiner to be released on his own recognisance pending sentencing. However, following an objection from prosecutor Inspector Cordero Farrington, Gardiner was remanded to prison.
Both Gardiner and Daniels are scheduled to return to court on January 22 for sentencing and trial date fixture.
Dr K Melvin Munroe and Nicholas Mitchell represented the accused.
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