MORE than 100 guns – and a grenade – were handed to Derbyshire police during the first week of a firearms amnesty.
Operation Thunder started on Monday, October 27, and aims to reduce the number of guns in circulation across the county.
The surrender, which runs until Friday, means people can dispose of any guns or ammunition that they no longer want, do not need, or should not have in the first place.
They can be handed in anonymously at police stations across Derbyshire.
Within hours of the amnesty launching, three starting pistols were handed in, as well as a BB gun, an air pistol and 20 rounds of ammunition from a French Army issue World War Two era rifle.
After one week, police have had a total of 107 firearms and several hundred rounds of ammunition had been handed in.
These include a stun gun, shotguns, air rifles, pistols and more than 20 toy BB guns.
A deactivated grenade was also handed in during the first week.
Chief Inspector Shaun Skelton said: "We have had a fantastic response from the public in the first week of the gun surrender.
"The volume of firearms of all types, along with the ammunition we have had handed in, shows just how invaluable surrender operations such as this can be.
"It doesn't matter if the firearms are real, imitations, antiques, or fully licensed guns that the licence holder no longer needs – we want them all to be handed in.
"Every weapon that we have received is one less that a criminal can get their hands on and use to commit crime.
"By taking these guns out of circulation, we are helping to keep communities in Derbyshire safe from gun crime."
People can hand in firearms at police stations across the county.
