A anti-tank handheld rocket launcher has become the most bizarre weapon to be handed in to Police during the month-long weapons amnesty.

Police were alerted to the presence of the the M72 shoulder-fired weapon in a building at the old Marsh Folly Dump by an anonymous tip-off on Monday.

Although grand sounding, the LAW (Light Anti-tank Weapon) is effectively simply a novelty item, as it is a once-only use weapon and was recovered in a harmless state.

A spokesman for the Bermuda Police said the weapon was believed to have been discharged somewhere else in a “controlled environment” and had then been brought into the Island.

“It is just an empty fibreglass cylinder” added the spokesman.

Public Safety Minister Randy Horton was informed of the find and was said to be “encouraged” that the rocket-launcher had been reported and handed in.

The amnesty, which runs until December 13, yielded its first working firearm this week, perhaps a more significant weapon to be taken off the street.

The .22 calibre semi-automatic handgun, which was handed in with more than 50 bullets, was handed in at Hamilton Police Station on Monday.

The amnesty, introduced just two days after violent scenes of public disorder at a White Hill Field concert, has so far seen more than 20 items surrendered to Police, including a flare, a machete and a bow and arrows.