Overview
- The largest shares of destroyed weapons came from Lima with 5,773 units, followed by La Libertad with 554, Piura with 277 and Áncash with 261.
- Weapons were seized, confiscated by judicial or police order, or voluntarily surrendered for failing legal conditions and were destroyed after legal retention periods expired.
- Sucamec said the action seeks to prevent misuse, illegal trade and criminal use by removing the firearms from any potential reentry into the market.
- Authorities credited joint control and inspection operations with the National Police of Peru and other institutions for enabling the nationwide collection.
- Separately, Sucamec reported the destruction of 8.7 tons of illegal pyrotechnics, incinerated under supervision at the Army’s munitions center in Pisco.