Man found with gun in jockey shorts

A Santa Cruz man who was found with a gun in his jockey-shorts appeared yesterday before Magistrate Melvin Daniel in the Port-of-Spain Fourth Magistrates’ Court.

It is alleged that on Tuesday, Mark “Chinee”Young, 24, was seen by police acting suspiciously while standing near his workplace on Lower Henry Street, Port-of-Spain. Detective Anthony Spence of the Besson Street CID then identified himself to Young, who said, “Boss, I have nothing on me, see where I working now. I clean.” According to Spence, while searching Young, he found a duo-automatic pistol in his jockey-shorts. Attempts by defence attorney Joseph Melville to justify possession of the weapon were dismissed by the magistrate. “Is your client a police officer, is he a firearms expert?” asked magistrate Daniel. The magistrate was not convinced that Young responded truthfully to questions regarding the manner in which he acquired the gun.  Daniel adjourned the matter to today saying, “sometimes a night could make a difference, we’ll see if the truth will be a different truth tomorrow.” Young has other pending matters before the courts.