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Ranks of the Major Crime Unit, Criminal Investigation Department, Headquarters today conducted an operation and unearthed one (1) AK-47 Rifle and one (1) .223 Ruger Rifle.
According to a police release, both high powered weapons were found wrapped in plastic garbage bags in an attempt to conceal them, in the corner of a trench at Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown.
Two persons are currently in police custody assisting with the investigation. The two rifles are currently being examined by the Guyana Police Force’s Firearm Examination Experts.
On Thursday, a 33-year-old East Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara businessman was taken into custody after ranks conducted a search at his home on Thursday and found two unlicensed assault rifles fitted with magazines.The weapons: an AK-47 and an M-70 were found inside a duffer bag, hidden under a commercial gas stove.
