AK-47 among guns given up in Kent firearms amnesty

A Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle is among more than 170 guns handed in to Kent Police during a firearms amnesty campaign.

The initiative ran between Monday 21 January and Wednesday 6 February 2019 to allow people to dispose of unwanted or illegally held firearms or ammunition.

Firearms handed in included pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles and air weapons.

A Colt revolver (pictured above) handed in on the first day of the campaign was made in 1898 and had been used by British and Commonwealth forces until the end of the Second World War.

Three Italian starting pistols and a Walther PPK blank firing replica pistol with some blank rounds were also surrendered.