The force said the amnesty was being carried out in an effort to prevent the pistols "getting into the wrong hands". It warned that the guns were linked to at least four homicides ...

Police in Kent, Surrey and Sussex are holding an amnesty for four types of Turkish-made blank firing guns that are popular among organised crime groups. Tests by the National Crime Agency (NCA) found ...

Thai police identified the gun used in Tuesday’s shootings as one of these so-called blank, or blank-firing, handguns. Blank guns generally face fewer restrictions and can be imported and ...

Four Turkish-made blank-firing guns were "easily accessible" and could be "easily converted" into lethal weapons that could be used on the streets of Merseyside. Merseyside Police Detective Chief ...

An east London man who converted blank firearms into working guns for criminals from his garden shed has been jailed for more ...

The public is being urged to turn in now-illegal Turkish-made blank-firing pistols (TVBFs) as a four-week amnesty is launched.

Police have urged anyone in possession of a Turkish manufactured top-venting blank firer (TVBF) to hand them in. Anyone found with one of the guns faces a prison sentence of up to 10 years.