GMP are supporting a national amnesty aiming to recover Turkish manufactured Top-Venting Blank-Firing (TVBF) firearms from our streets. The amnesty officially begins on Monday 3 February 2025 and particularly covers models Retay, Ekol, Ceonic ISSC and Blow.

 

The four-week amnesty, which runs until Friday 28 February, encourages anyone who owns one of these firearms to turn them into police stations, as even though they may have been legitimately and lawfully purchased originally, their possession is now illegal. However, people won’t face criminal prosecution if they surrender them within this period.
 

For those who own a Turkish TVBF will be able to surrender these to the front desks of any GMP station.

We would advise those transporting any firearm to one of the amnesty locations wraps them in a bag or places them in a box, to avoid any undue alarm to members of the public and to ensure everyone’s safety.

Thank you