Community Corner
Operation Gun Swap Redemption Vouchers Available This Weekend
People who turned in firearms this month and did not receive their redemption vouchers can do so at one of five locations this weekend, Feb. 9 and 10.
People who turned in firearms Feb. 2 at the Hillsborough County Sheiff's Office's Operation Gun Swap can redeem their vouchers for cash this weekend at any one of the five locations noted below.
In all, the operation collected 2,808 firearms from area residents, according to a sheriff's report. Support for the buy-back offer, designed to take reduce the number of firearms countywide, was so strong that on-site redemptions ran out last week.
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Toward that end, voucher redemptions will be handed out Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 9-10, fro 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following five locations:
Sheriff's Operations Center
2008 E. 8th Avenue
13501 N. Nebraska Avenue
(site of closed Sunoco gas station)
IGA Grocery Store
14720 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Sheriff's Town 'N Country Substation
7519 W. Waters Avenue
Sheriff's Progress Village Substation
7935 Flower Avenue
For more information, call 813.247.8115
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