Chief Inspector Phil Breban said they had yet to produce a full inventory of the weapons handed in at the police station during the two-week amnesty.

The response from the public has been positive and he stressed that people still had until the end of the week.

‘We have had a significant number of weapons handed in, including knives, swords, daggers, BB guns and even a crossbow, while we have also had weapons handed in in Sark and Alderney,’ he said.

‘This is ultimately about public safety. Pretty much all of them will be destroyed, although any with significant historical value or interest could go to a museum. We are assessing them as we go and running the serial numbers against the national database in case any of them have been used to commit a crime.’

Full story in Saturday's Guernsey Press