Belconnen, ACT, June 4 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release:

ACT Policing is urging the community to hand in illegal firearmsafter thousands of firearms and firearm parts have been seized by police.

So far this year police have seized more than 2,500 firearms and firearm-related parts, including homemade firearms, 3D printed weapons and gel blasters.

Seized weapons include a homemade firearm that was located at a Lyneham property in March 2025.

Police would like to remind the community that people are able to hand in unwanted and unregistered firearms under the permanent National Firearms Amnesty.

Detective Acting SuperintendentMatt Sprague said there were no good reasons for homemade, illegal or unregistered firearms to ...