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The guns taken off the streets of Greater Manchester as cops try to disarm crime gangs

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Police officers have taken 120 guns off the streets of Greater Manchester in the last year.

The haul includes self-loaded pistols, shotguns and imitation firearms converted by criminals into viable weapons. GMP has seized 30 converted replicas of since April 2020.

The seizures come as the force has had to deal with violent gangland disputes in north Manchester, Salford, and Cheetham Hill.

The latest figures for shootings in the region are worryingly high although they have reduced in the last year. Three people were shot dead in the last year - Cole Kershaw, 18, in Bury, and Abayomi Ajose, 36,and Cheriff Tall, 21, in a double shooting in Moss Side.

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