Parts of the county where illegal guns handed in to police revealed

A number of illegal blank-firing guns which can be transformed into lethal weapons are off the streets.

A total of 16 readily convertible weapons were dropped off at police stations across the county following a recent amnesty.

Seven of these guns were handed in at Lincoln, with a further three given to officers at Grantham.

There were two handed in at both Skegness and Gainsborough, with one each at Stamford and Boston.

Police held a national amnesty to remove these guns from criminal availability, which came to an end on February 28.

“The amnesty identified four models of Top-Venting Blank Fire (TVBF) weapons by Turkish manufacturers, that were considered readily convertible into lethal-barrelled weapons,” a Lincolnshire Police statement said.

“Blow, Ceonic ISSC, Ekol and Retay are the TVBF models affected.”

During the amnesty period, Lincolnshire Police 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.