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With four days left of the great guns amnesty, Torquay police have been showing off the latest haul of firearms handed in at the town's police station. The guns and ammunition add to an already-impressive collection of guns taken out of circulation.

The idea of the fortnight-long firearms surrender is to encourage people who have guns at home - possibly wartime souvenirs or heirlooms - to hand them over to police.

(Image: Torquay Police)

The amnesty period runs until Sunday November 26 and they can be handed in to police inquiry offices in Barnstaple, Exeter, Plymouth and Torquay.

Earlier this week at one Westcountry police station a deadly assault rifle was the first item handed in. The AK-47 firearm was handed in to Trowbridge police.

(Image: Torquay Police)

A rifle, several boxes of shotgun cartridges and containers filled with bullets were among items handed in to Torquay police and Inspector Si Jenkinson commented: "This isn't just about firearms. Ammunition is also welcome. This lot has just been handed in at Torquay - definitely safer in our hands than anyone else's!"

The latest haul at Torquay includes bullets and cartridges, pistols, rifles and a 12-bore shotgun. Old wartime service revolvers are pictured in the police station, along with antique handguns and an automatic pistol.