JUST under 100 weapons and ammo were surrendered by people across the Forth Valley as part of a gun amnesty campaign, which ended this month.

Police Scotland seized 15 unwanted or illegal firearms and shotguns, 38 air weapons and 31 lots of ammunition from the wider area as part of a drive to make communities safer.

The key idea was to make sure the potentially dangerous items do not fall into criminal hands.

The firearms surrender campaign ran between mid-June and early-July, the Advertiser understands the local police office in Alloa mainly received shotgun cartridges and air weapons.

Nationally, more than 1,500 items were handed in, including a machine gun, an AK47 assault rifle and a WWI pistol.

Superintendent Ronnie Megaughin said: "The aim of the campaign was to remove firearms from criminal availability and we now have 1,501 fewer firearms, air weapons and ammunition on the streets of Scotland.

"Protecting the public is at the forefront of policing, and reducing the number of illegal or unwanted firearms lowers the risk of harm within our communities.

“Although the surrender campaign has now come to an end, we continue to work to remove illegally held weapons circulating in Scotland.”