Two men face charges amid AK-47 firearm probe 

Two men, Gregory Persaud and Antonio Alonzo Lawrie, should be charged soon in relation to the ongoing probe into the recent discovery of 10 AK-47 rifles.

In a release, Police Headquarters said the Police Legal Advisor has said that Persaud should be charged with the offence of Possession of Firearms, contrary to Section 16(2)(a) of the Firearms Act, Chapter 16:05, in relation to a firearm magazine.

Meanwhile, the Guyana Police Force was also advised that Lawrie and Persaud should be charged with the offence of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, contrary to Section 33 of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:01 of the Laws of Guyana.

“The Guyana Police Force has received the advice and is taking the necessary steps in keeping with the legal process,” Police Headquarters said in the release. c

Antonio Alonzo Lawrie, also known as “Lanzo,” and Gregory Anthony Persaud, also known as “Satan,” recently turned themselves in at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters on Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, in the company of their attorneys.

The Guyana Police Force had issued wanted bulletins on May 28 for Lawrie, Persaud, and a third man, Ryan Singh, as investigations intensified into the seizure of ten AK-47 rifles at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice. Police said the men are wanted in relation to an alleged firearm possession investigation that led to the arrest and subsequent charge of taxi driver Stephen Rajah of Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara.

Rajah appeared before the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with possession of firearms. He was not required to plead to the indictable offence and was remanded to prison after bail was refused. The matter was adjourned to June 15, 2026.

According to police, Rajah was arrested on May 22 after ranks conducting a stop-and-search exercise along the Berbice River Bridge Access Road intercepted a black Toyota Fielder Wagon bearing registration number HC 9018. Investigators later uncovered ten AK-47 rifles, prompting a wider probe and the issuance of wanted bulletins for the three men.

On June 6, a 21-year-old resident of Farm, East Bank Demerara, was arrested as the probe into this matter continued. No further update has been provided in relation to him.