Gun amnesty extended to October 14

The Ministry of Public Security has extended the gun amnesty programme for two weeks, with the announcement coming just hours after Minister Khemraj Ramjattan lauded it as a “big success.”

“The Ministry of Public Security wishes to advise the general public that the period of amnesty for firearms has been extend to 14th October 2015,” a release from the ministry said while noting that all of the police station earlier identified would remain the places where the firearms could be handed in.

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