Woman Hands Over Anti-Tank Missile at Prague Police Station During Weapons Amnesty

Jerusalem, 8 February, 2026 (TPS-IL) -- Prague (CTK) – This week, a woman brought an anti-tank missile in her bag to the police station in Prague’s Lhotka district, which she decided to hand in during the so-called weapons amnesty. The police officer present immediately called a bomb disposal specialist, and together with the woman and other colleagues, they left the local department.

A bomb disposal specialist fortunately discovered that it was an inactive anti-tank missile, Prague police spokesman Jan Rybanský said on the website today.

It is not an isolated case where people handle ammunition, which can be very dangerous, instead of leaving it in place and immediately calling 158.

The woman came to the local police station in Lhotka on Tuesday, sat in the waiting room and waited for the police officer to arrive, then took an anti-tank missile out of her bag and handed it to the officer.

“The surprised police officer subsequently learned from the woman that she had found the bullet at her son’s house and had come to hand it in as part of the weapons amnesty. The police officer had no choice but to call a bomb disposal expert to the scene through the operations officer and, together with other colleagues and the informant herself, leave the department,” noted Rybanský.

The police repeatedly urge citizens not to tamper with ammunition, explosives, grenades, mines, detonators or suspicious objects under any circumstances and to immediately call the police hotline. The greatest danger is transporting them.

“Please do not take them to the police! The bomb disposal expert will determine whether they can be handled professionally and, if necessary, will dispose of them at the nearest suitable location or take them to a safe place for subsequent destruction,” a police spokesman said.

As part of the weapons amnesty, people in Prague have so far surrendered 83 weapons, more than 3,000 pieces of ammunition and 20 pieces of ammunition from January 1 to February 4 this year. The opportunity to surrender weapons and ammunition with impunity and without explanation will last until the end of June.

During a previous Czech gun amnesty in 2021, people surrendered or registered almost 3,700 weapons and 133,000 pieces of ammunition.