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 ...

as well as six empty Ekol cases. A judge told Shannon and Sean Aspinall: "Those who set out to convert blank firing handguns ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Forces across England and Wales are holding a month-long amnesty for four types of Turkish manufactured replica guns that can easily be converted to fire live ammunition. Top-venting blank firers ...

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 ...