An East Bank Demerara man was on Thursday arrested after a police cordon and search operation unearthed two guns with matching ammunition.

Police, in a statement, said ranks from the Golden Grove Police Station conducted the exercise at a Caneville house when two revolvers: one Rohm .22 revolver with two .22 matching rounds and one Taurus .32 revolver with five .32 matching rounds, were found.

A suspect who was at the time in the house was arrested. Charges will be instituted shortly and investigations are continuing.