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They "agreed to allow the woman to sell it", as per the 2012 Daily Mail article screenshotted above.
As per policy it will be "destroyed" by a company owned by a family member of the chief. In unrelated news, that company also found a rare WWII rifle to sell.
Are you implying that laws matter to the police?
Currently they have to destroy it. The museums want this to change, for obvious reasons.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245749/Officers-stunned-woman-drops-40-000-WWII-German-rifle-destroyed-police-buy-program.html