The girlfriend of reputed gang leader Joel Andem has been freed of illegal possession of a firearm.

Tameka Lindsay, 32, shopkeeper of Land Lease, Papine, St Andrew, was freed after a man pleaded guilty to illegal possession of the firearm for which she was charged.

Attorney-at-law Peter Champagnie, who represented Lindsay, argued that she should be freed because she had nothing to do with the firearm.

The Crown offered no evidence against Lindsay.

Adrian Jackson, 26, of Highlight View, Mud Town, St Andrew, pleaded guilty yesterday to illegal possession of the firearm. Justice Martin Gayle (acting) has put off sentencing until July 3. Jackson is being represented by attorney-at-law Christopher Townsend who informed the court last week that Jackson surrendered to the police after the gun was found and gave a cautioned statement.

The facts of the case are that the police went to a dance at Land Lease on March 3 and found the firearm in a rice bag in Lindsay's shop. She was arrested and charged. She told the police when she was arrested that she did not know that the gun was in the bag.