Man sentenced to two years in prison for firearm offense, Westmoreland JA

One of five men charged in Negril, Westmoreland, with breaches of the Firearms Act in March of this year has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Thirty-three-year-old Odane Lawson, a chef of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, was sentenced in the Western Regional Gun Court in Montego Bay.
Lawson was among four men charged by the Narcotics Police on March 13, after they were found on an illegal ganja farm in Springfield, Negril, Westmoreland.
He was given two years imprisonment for illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.
Lawson had previously pleaded guilty for possession of one of the illegal weapons and thirteen rounds of ammunition.
The police say two illegal 9mm firearms and a quantity of ammunition were seized.
The other accused men are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.

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