Blank-firing guns ... black to look like a real gun. Since 2021, UK police have seized roughly 800 TVBFs which were converted to fire live ammunition. Retay, Ekol, Ceonic and Blow TVBF brands ...

A number of blank-firing ... be readily converted into lethal guns, the force said. The amnesty applies to the weapons made ...

More than 40 guns which ... venting blank firers' (TVBFs) from circulation. It followed tests from the National Crime Agency ...

Tests by the National Crime Agency (NCA) found top-venting blank firers (TVBFs) made by Retay, Ekol, Ceonic and Blow could be converted using just basic DIY tools. The guns are popular with ...

When police raided Aspinall's home they found equipment with the potential to be utilised in the conversion of imitation firearms and three blank firing handguns, as well as six empty Ekol blank ...

Four brands of blank firing ... Retay, Ekol, Ceonic ISSC and Blow. They were used in at least four killings in the UK in the last two years. New NCA testing showed they were easy to convert ...

The specified brands are the Turkish models of top-venting blank firers (TVBFs) Retay, Ekol, Ceonic ISSC and ... enforcement has recovered 800 of the guns converted to fire live ammunition since ...

An east London man who converted blank firearms into working guns for criminals from his garden ... by four Turkish manufacturers – Retay, Ekol, Ceonic and Blow – are readily convertible ...

Police in Kent, Surrey and Sussex are holding an amnesty for four types of Turkish-made blank firing guns ... made by Retay, Ekol, Ceonic and Blow could easily be converted to shoot live rounds ...

Officers said the blank-firing guns will cease to be legal to own after 28 February. TVBF firearms are popular with organised criminals because they can be readily converted into lethal guns ...

Owners of particular types of blank firing guns, which have become popular with criminals, have been urged to hand the firearms in to police stations after tests found they can be easily converted to ...