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Thousands of Air Weapons Surrendered During Amnesty

BBC News

21 July 2016

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Crossbows, rifles and pistols dating back to World War Two are among thousands of air weapons surrendered during a police amnesty. Police Scotland said 11,569 weapons were surrendered during a three-week amnesty which ended on 12 June. An additional 1,000 have been handed in to officers across Scotland since then.

The force will continue to accept them until 31 December, when new laws make it a criminal offence to have an air weapon without a licence or permit. Anyone found guilty of the new offence could be fined or face up to two years in prison…

Breakdown of surrendered air weapons by area

North east - 1,562
Forth Valley - 800
Tayside - 1,018
Edinburgh - 616
Glasgow - 1,020
The Lothians and Scottish Borders - 1,210
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde - 470
Argyll and West Dunbartonshire - 517
Highlands and Islands - 1,287
Fife - 784
Lanarkshire - 933
Ayrshire - 739
Dumfries and Galloway - 613

Source: Police Scotland

ID: N756

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