A High Court judge has fined a man $4 000 for possessing illegal ammunition, stressing that such offences are as serious as firearm possession.

Hassan Alessandro Hazell-Grant, of Jessamine Avenue, Bayville, St Michael, reappeared before Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell in the No. 4 Supreme Court after previously pleading guilty to having four rounds of ammunition without a valid permit on March 17, 2022.

During the sentencing hearing on Friday, the court found several aggravating factors, including the prevalence of these offences, that the ammunition was live and in a public place, that Hazell-Grant possessed it with the intent to sell it, and his efforts to get rid of the ammunition and avoid apprehension by running away and discarding it.