A thirty-three year-old East Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara businessman has been taken into custody after ranks of the Guyana Police Force 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. Investigation in progress, police said.

Meanwhile, in an unrelated matter Police in ‘F’ Division on Tuesday last arrested a 35-year-old resident of Lake Main Stay, Essequibo River, for unlawful possession of a 45 Taurus pistol with six live matching rounds at Omai Landing. The suspect who is a machine operator, was observed acting in a suspicious manner and a search was conducted on his person which revealed the unlicensed weapon. He is being processed for court.