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A serving Scots cop who took home six shotguns and other weapons which had been surrendered to him has been jailed. Alan Sharp, 52, has been sentenced to two years and three months behind bars. ‌

Sharp, who resigned from Police Scotland last month, previously pleaded guilty to three charges relating to firearms and one charge of wilful neglect of his duties as a police constable and firearms enquiry officer, when he appeared at the High Court in Glasgow on November 10. ‌

He had possession of two firearms and live ammunition outside the terms of his own firearms license and admitted failing to carry out the necessary checks and enquiries for applications for firearms licenses. ‌

At the time of the incident, Sharp was a constable with the Firearms and Explosiv

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