Close to 600 firearms have been collected across the Hume LAC as the national firearms amnesty draws to an end.
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The amnesty, announced late last year, allows residents to hand in unregistered guns to the police without fear of prosecution.
“I appeal to anyone who has not yet taken up this opportunity to please do so,” Hume LAC Acting Commander Chad Gillies wrote in his most recent commander’s column.
“Being a largely rural area, there would be many houses, sheds, cupboards etc that would have old firearms or parts stored.
“These pose a potentially high risk to the land and house occupants, not to mention the wider community.”
The Commercial Explosives Amnesty will end on September 14.
Types of explosives covered by the amnesty include black powder, nitro-glycerine based explosives, watergel and Emulsion explosives, detonating cord, detonators and other commercial explosive items.
Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics Command, Acting Assistant Commissioner Mick Willing has urged the community to surrender explosives to their local police.
“More than five months into the amnesty and there has been a wide variety of explosives surrendered, but we’re sure there’s more out there,” Mr Willing said.
Members of the public who surrender the explosives will be contacted for collection.
The breakdown of the types of explosives surrendered to date in NSW include:
- Commercial Explosives – Excess of 146kg
- Black Powder – Excess of 20kg
- Detonators – Excess of 4798
- Safety Fuse – Excess of 985 metres
- Detonating Cord – Excess of 2130 metres
For more information on the national amnesty contact your local police station.