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Up to half a million replica guns are flooding into Britain each year just through one port alone, police revealed today.

The imitation weapons, which can be converted into real guns in a matter of hours, are bringing terror onto the UK's streets.

Uzis, Berettas and AK47 rifles are among the huge stash of firearms being shipped in from across the globe by importers at Felixstowe in Suffolk.

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Half of all gun-enabled crime, including street robberies, involves imitation weapons that have either been converted to fire deadly live ammunition or look so realistic even police can't tell they're fakes.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23433408-details/500,000+fake+guns+a+year+reach+Britain/article.do

Police seize fake guns
Kathryn Ryan
6/ 3/2008

MORE than 800 imitation guns have been seized in Salford after an action day by police.

The haul, which included replicas of ME 38, Beretta pistols, semi automatics, M16 machine guns and fake full bore rifles, came from just three stores in Lower Broughton.

They were seized as part of a county-wide scheme to tackle businesses selling realistic imitation firearms and weapons.

As part of the initiative, called Operation Peregrine, police held a day of action against these firms to remind them of new legislation preventing the sale, manufacture or import of imitation or replica firearms.
http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1039641_police_seize_fake_guns

Grant Wilkinson, 33, was found guilty of adapting fake Mac-10 sub-machine guns that have been linked to a number of murders in the UK.

In 2004, Wilkinson posed as a member of the production staff for a Bond film to buy 90 replicas worth £55,000 from Sabre Defence Industries, West London.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Grant-Wilkinson-Jailed-For-Producing-Gun-Factory-In-Three-Mile-Cross/Article/200808415088088