A high-profile weapons amnesty has proved disappointing in north-east Essex.
Tendring police appealed to people to hand over their weapons without fear of repercussion with two weeks to go under the scheme.
Police are hoping firearms and other weapons will be taken out of circulation during the amnesty.
Since the amnesty began at the start of the month, about 30 weapons, including shotguns and pistols, have been handed in at stations across the sub-division.
Latest figures show a total of 14 weapons have been handed in at Clacton police station.
They include two shotguns, two handguns and eight air weapons.
Six bullets for one of the handguns have also been handed in and pellets for air weapons.
At Harwich police station, officers reported 14 weapons had been handed in, including shotguns, airguns, a pistol and a number of ball-bearing guns which look like real guns. Ammunition for all the weapons had been handed in.
Acting Insp Alan Beckett, a spokesman for Tendring police, said: "It's a real opportunity for people to surrender their weapons without having any questions asked.
"While the results have been disappointing, it is a chance to get the weapons off the street."
But it was hoped more weapons will be surrended before the amnesty ends on April 30.
Published Tuesday, April 15, 2003
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