More than 120 firearms, including 15 in the Crewe and Nantwich, have been removed from the streets of Cheshire.
The weapons were handed over as a result of the force’s spring firearms surrender ‘Give up the Gun’.
Rogue traders and forceful doorstep sellers in South Cheshire have been targeted by police.
Cheshire Police and colleagues from agencies worked as part of Operation Rogue Trader.
Cheshire Police has launched a firearms “surrender” urging members of the public to hand in guns.
The surrender will be held for two weeks from Monday April 4 to Monday April 18.
A Nantwich woman has returned to Cheshire Police to take the reins as the new Assistant Chief Constable.
Sarah Boycott has been an officer with the Constabulary for the past 24 years, working her way from the rank of Constable up to Chief Superintendent.
Cheshire Police issued 1,600 parking fines when it didn’t have the power to do so, it has emerged.
The errant Fixed Penalty Notices were issued by PCSOs who did not have authority in their contracts to impose them.
Police chiefs in Cheshire have bought 16 state-of-the-art speed enforcement devices to target rogue drivers in the county.
The devices are some of the most advanced compact all-in-one digital video cameras available.
An extra 70 police officers will be recruited to Cheshire Police under new budget plans which will see a rise in council tax bills.
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer has agreed a 3.2% increase in the police precept – equivalent to around 10p per week.
Cheshire Police are to stage a Rural and Wildlife Crime Conference in Tarporley to highlight the impact it has in the area.
The event will take place on Monday February 29 at Willington Hall.
Cheshire Police has launched a recruitment drive to bring in 60 new officers.
The Constabulary are hoping to attract applications from those hoping to “give something back to their community”.
More than 800 arrests were made by Cheshire Police during the force’s Blue Christmas campaign, figures show.
Of the 830 people arrested, 54 spent Christmas Day in custody and another 154 people started 2016 looking at the back of a custody cell door.
Housing tenants in Nantwich are being warned about bogus callers after an incident in the town.
Wulvern Housing Group says two men called on a resident in Nantwich posing as Wulvern employees.
Detectives have dropped a probe into an alleged sexual assault on Mill Island in Nantwich.
Cheshire Police has been conducting an investigation in relation to the allegations that the assault had been committed in the early hours on Sunday (December 20).
An organised crime gang led by a Nantwich has been sentenced as part of an investigation into human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
Krzysztof Henryk Jakubiak was jailed for three-and-a-half years during a hearing at Warrington Crown Court.
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