Update for amnesty on Turkish Top-Venting Blank Fire weapons

The national amnesty to remove readily convertible weapons from criminal availability came to an end on Friday 28 February.

The amnesty identified four models of Top-Venting Blank Fire (TVBF) weapons by Turkish manufacturers that were considered readily convertible into lethal barrelled weapons. Blow, Ceonic ISSC, Ekol and Retay are the TVBF models affected.

During the amnesty period, we received 16 blank fire weapons and 10 were the Turkish made ones that are now considered illegal to possess.

Initial Firearms Classification Advisor and National Ballistics Intelligence Service Co-Ordinator, PC Gareth King, said: "We receive on average of one or two blank firearms a month, so although not a massive amount, it is a success for us and has prevented the surrendered firearms from being in the public domain."

Although the amnesty period has ended, you are still able to surrender firearms at police stations in the county.