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Second day of third phase of voluntary surrender and collection of illegal weapons action

Macedonian Information Agency (Dec 06, 2003, 4:19:15 PM (GMT+01:00)) (MIA) - The second day of the third phase of voluntary surrender and collection of illegal weapons action begins Saturday in all 123 weapons collection points and the interest for its surrender is almost everywhere increased, Operative centre reported.

The third phase will last until December 15. After this date an amnesty of persons that possess weapons will be conducted and measures will be taken against them according to the regulations from the Criminal Law and Law on Possessing and Carrying Weapons.

Persons, who will not surrender illegal weapons by the deadline expiration of the action, will not have the chance to do this later and will face a 10-year imprisonment or a fine of 300,000 to 500,000 Macedonian Denar.

A total of 1,139 pieces of weapons and 13,325 pieces of ammunition of different calibre and 82 kilos of explosives were collected in the past two-illegal weapons action phases.

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