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Police data shows there were 64 discharges from converted models last year in the UK compared to 42 from their real equivalents.
Alireza Nowbakht, 50, has been jailed for five years after being found guilty of converting blank firing pistols into lethal firearms from his home in Smethwick in the West Midlands.
A man has been remanded in custody after a converted handgun and ammunition was seized from a car.
A 47-year-old man has been arrested in London after police busted what has been described as “specialist factory” where blank-firing guns were converted into lethal weapons using 3D printed parts.
Armed officers search five areas across Birmingham after finding gun and bullets in car Five people have been arrested following the operation by the National Crime Agency Updated Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Armed police officers arrested five people who were in a car where a gun was found - which then sparked police searches across the city. Officers stopped the car in Muirfiel...