Weapons amnesty drawing to a close

Within a six months long weapons amnesty Czechs have handed in 3,154 weapons and over 370, 000 pieces of ammunition, a spokeswoman for the Czech Police Presidium said on Sunday. The amnesty was declared on July 1st and will expire at the end of the year. Among the weapons handed in are guns used in the Second World War. The last such amnesty took place five years ago, when people handed in close to 8,000 weapons.