Nearly 500 firearms have been surrendered as part of a two-week gun amnesty across the country.

A total of 474 firearms, 690 air weapons and 337 lots of ammunition were handed into 43 police stations during the campaign.

A machine gun, AK47 assault rifle and a World War One pistol were among the most significant weapons seized.

Anyone who had a firearm or ammunition without a valid certificate were encouraged to take it to one of 43 police stations around the country during the amnesty, which ran from Monday, June 18 until Sunday, July 1.

Police hoped the firearms surrender campaign would reduce the risk of weapons falling into the wrong hands.

Superintendent Ronnie Megaughin said: "The aim of the campaign was to remove firearms from criminal availability, and we now have 1501 fewer firearms, air weapons and ammunition on the streets of Scotland.

"Protecting the public is at the forefront of policing, and reducing the number of illegal or unwanted firearms lowers the risk of harm within our communities.

"Although the surrender campaign has now come to an end, we continue to work to remove illegally held weapons circulating in Scotland."

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said: "This successful firearms surrender campaign has seen the removal of over 1500 unwanted weapons from our communities - stopping them falling into the wrong hands.

"Whilst firearms offences are at historically low levels in Scotland, we will continue to work with Police Scotland to keep Scotland's streets safe."