Guns handed into police during amnesty

Wednesday, 5 November 2014 00:00

Six guns have been handed into Castletown Police Station as part of a firearms and weapons amnesty.

The three pistols and three shotguns were brought in earlier this week - other drop off points include Police Headquarters, Ramsey and Peel.

Police are running the amnesty throughout November as a way of allowing people to get rid of unlicensed or unregistered items without repercussions.

PC Mark Dimsdale works for the firearms unit - he says the items will be destroyed:

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