A Scots man who bought a handgun from an online seller in Spain and tried to have it delivered to his home has been sentenced to five years in jail.
A joint team of officers from the NCA and Police Scotland, started an investigation into Scott Grant, 36, from Wren Road in Greenock, after a forward venting blank firing handgun was intercepted by Border Force through the post. Grant appeared at Edinburgh High Court on Thursday, where he was sentenced to five years imprisonment for purchasing a prohibited weapon, after pleading guilty.
The gun, which is illegal in the UK as it can easily be converted to fire real bullets, had been sent from Spain, where such weapons are legal. Officers arrested Grant, at his home on May 14 2020 and a search of the property uncovered a crossbow, knives and a ballistic vest, as well as a second, legal, blank firing weapon.
