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Found a bullet

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this but today I found a small bullet in a cupboard of the property I rent. It's definitely a live bullet although quite small.

What do I do? I don't know who's it is and I'm not sure if I should contact the police as I don't want to get anyone into trouble and jeopardise my tenancy
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  • phill99
    phill99 Posts: 9,093 Forumite
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    Throw it in the bin and no one will ever know.
    Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.
  • TonyMMM
    TonyMMM Posts: 3,433 Forumite
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    If it is a live bullet , and not the fake ones you see made into keyrings etc. then it is controlled under the firearms act and possession of it without a licence is an offence.

    You could just bin it, but the only lawful option you have is to hand it to the police.
  • Marktheshark
    Marktheshark Posts: 5,841 Forumite
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    Are you sure its not a Hilti cap left over by workmen.
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  • BISCUIT1
    BISCUIT1 Posts: 105 Forumite
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    Hi, Ring 101 and explain and Police will come and collect it-it won't be a problem.
  • Marktheshark
    Marktheshark Posts: 5,841 Forumite
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    Does it look like this ? If so its a hilti cap the joiner used to fasten something to the wall like a cupboard bracket
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    I do Contracts, all day every day.
  • No it's not them.
  • Marktheshark
    Marktheshark Posts: 5,841 Forumite
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    edited 3 April 2015 at 11:53AM
    Well then there is nothing anyone else can advise you to do other than call the police as we are committing a conspiracy with you with any other advice..
    I do Contracts, all day every day.
  • You've admitted it on a public forum now, you're not going to be very popular if the previous tenant turns out to be a terrorist.
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    Throwing it in the rubbish would be spectacularly silly - so it goes into landfill, falls out of the binbag, gets caught in the truck mechanism, shoots a child... OK, far-fetched (and then some), but it's worth doing properly.

    Also, if the previous tenant, or one before, or whatever turns out to go on a school shooting rampage, will you forgive yourself for not giving the police a lead?
  • silverwhistle
    silverwhistle Posts: 4,061 Forumite
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    Check that it's metal: I picked up a kid's plastic one in the garden when I moved in. Visually it looked very realistic.
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