CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jan 19, CMC – Police Monday launched a week long gun amnesty providing what law enforcement officials say is a final opportunity for individuals to surrender illegal firearms and ammunition ahead of an intensified crack down on crime.

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Luke DeFreitas, said the amnesty will run from January 19 to January 23 in the first instance and then resume on January 26 for three days.

“Weekends on record are very active periods for the use of illegal weapons in illegal activity and so anyone  caught with firearms, the weekend that separates the two periods will  not  be subjected to the amnesty, Defreitas said.

The iniiative also targets licenced firearm holders, whose licences have expired.

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