Two Ceres men in their teens were arrested early Monday morning on gun charges.

At 3:58 a.m., Ceres Police officers responded to a report of five persons stealing items from vehicles parked in a driveway in the 1600 block of Dusty Miller Lane. While enroute, the caller updated dispatchers to say the suspects left the scene but provided descriptions.

Officer Tyler Wilson arrived in the area shortly after and observed a red Toyota Camry with four occupants turning onto Eastgate Blvd with the headlights off. Officer Wilson stopped the vehicle and made contact with driver Jayson Prasad, 19, of Ceres, passenger Danny Valencia, 18, of Ceres. Two additional passengers were deemed unrelated to the initial call.

Prasad was searched and found carrying a loaded firearm. An additional loaded firearm was found underneath the front passenger seat.

Prasad was arrested for possession of a loaded firearm not registered to him, carrying a concealed firearm, and carrying a loaded firearm in public.

Valencia was arrested and booked into the Stanislaus County Public Center on charges of being a felon in possession of ammunition, felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle, and possession of a loaded firearm not registered to him.