More than 60 firearms have been handed into Lincolnshire Police as a result of last week’s firearms amnesty.
The amnesty, which allows owners of illegal weapons to hand them in without prosecution began last week and police have already received a number of unlawful weapons.
The haul, which has totaled 65 weapons so far includes revolvers, pistols and handguns; rifles; shotguns; imitation, blank firing and flare guns; air weapons and stun guns. An unspecified amount of ammunition has also been handed in.
Philip Baker, chief inspector at Lincolnshire police said: “We’ve had 65 weapons off the streets of varying natures. I would say its been very successful and there’s still a few more days to run.”
This amnesty is part of a nation-wide initiative to lower gun crime across the country as well as giving amnesty to people who forgot they had these weapons, or who came across them.
Chief inspector Baker spoke of a family who moved into a new home and found a gun in their loft, as a case in point.
The amnesty runs until Friday this week the police are continuing to encourage the public to hand in guns without fear of prosecution.