Debbie, who is mum to one of the boys, said: 'I thought this was a wind-up'
Cousins Deejay Crome, 10, and Billy Harris, 12, were magnet fishing at the canal in Kirkintilloch on Sunday, February 5 when they discovered the firearm."My wee boy and my nephew think this is amazing, so they asked to take the magnets down to the canal.
"They phoned my husband and he told them to put it in the bag they’d taken down and take it up to the house."Debbie, 40, says they contacted police who told them to take the gun, which she describes as"rusty" and"really heavy", and put it outside as they were concerned that while the trigger was no longer there, the pin could still be in place.
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