Firearms surrender campaign launches this week
Firearms and ammunition can be surrendered at police stations across Scotland as part of a UK-wide firearms surrender campaign.
From Thursday 12 May until Sunday 29 May, people in possession of firearms and ammunition, for which they do not hold a valid certificate, will be able to surrender these to police.
In addition to being able to hand in firearms and ammunition, the public will be able to hand over replica firearms, air weapons, BB guns, imitation firearms, component parts and other ballistic items.
The public can hand firearms and weapons to any police station, however are asked where possible to attend at designated locations across Scotland.
Assistant Chief Constable Alan Speirs said: “The purpose of the firearms surrender campaign is to remove firearms from criminal availability and therefore reduce the risk of harm to the public and our communities.
“People will be able to surrender unlicensed weapons and ammunition to a number of dedicated police stations throughout Scotland and I would encourage people to do so.”
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans Keith Brown said: “I would encourage anyone in possession of an unneeded or unlicensed firearm or air weapon to safely hand it over to police at one of their designated police stations.
“Firearm offences remain at historically low levels in Scotland, but by removing unwanted weapons this important campaign by Police Scotland will help keep our communities safe and prevent firearms from falling into the wrong hands.”
Dedicated stations for the surrender are:
East
Edinburgh Division
St Leonards
Fife Division
Levenmouth
Kirkcaldy
Dunfermline
Forth Valley Division
Stirling Randolphfield
Falkirk
Lothians and Scottish Borders
Dalkeith
Galashiels
Haddington
Livingstone
North
Highland and Islands Division
Burnett Road
Dingwall
Fort William
Kirkwall
Lerwick
Nairn
Portree
Stornoway
Wick
North East Division
Banchory
Elgin
Ellon
Inverurie
Kittybrewster
Mintlaw
Stonehaven
Tayside Division
Dundee
Forfar
Perth
West
Argyll and West Dumbartonshire Division
Campbeltown
Clydebank
Dumbarton
Dunoon
Islay
Lochilphead
Oban
Rothesay
Ayrshire Division
Ayr
Irvine
Kilmarnock
Lamlash
Dumfries and Galloway Division
Annan
Castle Douglas
Dumfries HQ
Lockerbie
Loreburn, Dumfries
Newton Stewart
Stranraer
Sanquhar
Greater Glasgow Division
Aitkenhead Road
Govan
Kirkintilloch
London Road
Lanarkshire Division
Hamilton
Motherwell
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Division
Greenock
Paisley
