An amnesty on top-venting blank-firing (TVBF) guns is running through February following a spike in guns being converted to fire live ammunition.  In 2024 the National Crime Agency (NCA) found that a ...

Merseyside Police said: "A lot of firearms in Merseyside that start off being one item are converted into something else" ...

A four-week firearms amnesty for a specific type of weapon has begun in West Yorkshire. Police have urged anyone in possession of a Turkish manufactured top-venting blank firer (TVBF) to hand them in.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

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

Dozens of soon-to-be-illegal blank-firing guns have been surrendered to police during the first fortnight of a GMP firearms ...

People have been asked to place the firearms in a labelled bag or box and make their way straight to the police stations with ...

A man who converted blank firearms for criminals from a workshop in his back garden has been jailed for more than 10 years.

Tests by the National Crime Agency and policing show four Turkish models are 'readily convertible' and have been used in killings ...

Greater Manchester Police have recovered a number of blank-firing weapons from registered dealers and gun clubs.