Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, head of the Metropolitan police, said that his force had seized more firearms than ever before Press AssociationAn increased number of guns are being smuggled on to the streets of cities across the UK, Britain’s most senior police officer has said. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe told a hearing at City Hall, London, that a rise in gun crime in the capital was due to a larger number of firearms coming into the country. The Metropolitan police seized a record number of guns in 2015, including semi-automatic weapons, which he said was “worrying”. He added: “We’ve seized more firearms than ever before. In the previous year we’ve seized 714 guns, that’s around two per day.

Source: The Times September 28, 2016 22:52 UTC