Operation Unification – Illegal Guns Off Our
Streets 2014
The final* statistics for Operation
Unification – Illegal Guns Off Our Streets are outlined
below.
Statistics
Reported
16–29 June
2014
Phone calls to
CSA
203
Investigations
initiated as a result of phone calls to
CSA
150
Premises
searched
122
No
of illicit firearms
seized/surrendered**
180
Arrests
42
Charges
65
Notices
Issued
3
*Please
note NZ did not provide final figures for all
categories.
**It should be noted that not all
jurisdictions reported surrendered
weapons.
##ends##
Notes to the
Editor:
Operation Unification – Illegal Guns
Off Our Streets started on Monday 16 June 2014 and ended
Sunday 29 June 2014. The operation was focused on illicit
firearms, including those in the possession of criminals or
is suspected of being used for the purpose of criminal
activity. The aim of Operation Unification was: ‘to get
illicit firearms out of the hands of criminals.’
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