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MAP: NYPD Seized 2,510 Guns During Arrests in 2014

(DNAINFO) Aidan Gardiner and Nigel Chiwaya — The NYPD seized more than 2,500 guns across the city last year, most of them from central Brooklyn, according to police data.

Police in East New York’s 75th Precinctrecovered the most weapons of any precinct in the city — netting 135 pistols, two rifles and eight shotguns, according to an NYPD report obtained by DNAinfo New York through a Freedom of Information Law request.

Officers in the 73rd Precinct followed closely behind, seizing 123 guns — 112 pistols, seven rifles and four shotguns in Brownsville and part of Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Source: MAP: NYPD Seized 2,510 Guns During Arrests in 2014 – East New York – DNAinfo.com New York