Hundreds of weapons surrendered in West Yorkshire

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    More than 200 firearms, knives and swords were surrendered in West Yorkshire.

    The surrender, which started on 13 November and finished on Sunday 26 November was in support of the national firearms surrender to rid the streets of guns.

    During the surrender, members of the public were encouraged to take firearms into police stations. Across Yorkshire and the Humber forces also accepted other weapons including knives, ammunition and other offensive weapons.

    215 items were surrendered, including a large number of shotguns - one of which was semi-automatic - and three pump action shotguns. In addition to this a large amount of ammunition was also surrendered.

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