By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was sentenced to 30 months in prison after admitting to having a loaded gun while riding his motorcycle on Montrose Avenue last week.
Magistrate Lennox Coleby arraigned Wellington Forbes, 53, on charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition.
Police reportedly stopped Forbes on his motorcycle around 1.30am on February 18 and found a 9mm pistol and a quantity of ammunition.
He pleaded guilty to both charges.
Magistrate Coleby sentenced him to two and a half years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
Before being taken into remand, Forbes was informed of his right to appeal the sentence within seven days.
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