People urged to hand in weapons in knife amnesty

Weapons such as knuckledusters, extendable batons, curved swords and zombie knives can be handed in

A knife amnesty has been launched by Cambridgeshire Constabulary in a bid to tackle knife crime.

People can hand in knives and other illegal items such as knuckledusters, extendable batons, curved swords and zombie knives without fear of being prosecuted.

Bins have been placed in Thorpe Wood Police Station in Peterborough and Parkside Police Station in Cambridge.

Insp Karle Secker said nearly 300 weapons were received during its previous amnesty in May.

Bins will also be placed at Gladstone Park Community Centre, Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough, on Tuesday and the Community Hub in Pathfinder Way, Northstowe, South Cambridgeshire, on Sunday.

The amnesty is part of a national week of action called Operation Sceptre, which will include extra police patrols in so-called "hotspot" areas.

Insp Secker said: "If you know someone who carries a weapon, please encourage them to make use of the amnesty.

"By disposing of it, they will be safer, as well as removing the risk of being prosecuted.”