Stun Guns And CS Gas Found In Luggage Checks

Knuckle-dusters, stun guns and other weapons have been seized at Belfast International Airport in the past two weeks.

Members of the public have been warned that if they smuggle weaponry in to the UK they risk imprisonment and other penalties.

Border Force officers also found CS gas sprays, extendable steel batons, butterfly knives and illegal air rifles – all in just two weeks.

Most of the offensive weapons were found in luggage on flights returning from Bulgaria, Turkey and Croatia.

John Spence of Border Force in Northern Ireland said: "My message to holidaymakers is simple - don't do it.

"We know which flights are being used to bring weapons into the UK and, as these recent seizures show, we're very effective at finding them.

"At best, you'll have the weapons taken off you and at worst you'll face a criminal conviction.

"Border Force is here to ensure these weapons are kept out of the UK as they can serve no purpose other than to harm people."

"We don't want these deadly items on our streets."

(NE)