A SWORD, scissors and a meat cleaver were among the items collected at Oxfordshire police stations this month as part of a week-long knife amnesty.
All forces in England and Wales took part in the crackdown, codenamed Operation Sceptre, last week which saw people able to surrender knives into bins at police stations across Oxfordshire.
We have emptied our knife surrender bin at #Abingdon station and over 100 knives were surrendered last week during our Knife Crime awareness week. Thank you to everyone who safely disposed of their knives #OpSceptre #knivesruinlives pic.twitter.com/xoDdNcr5ZR
— TVPSouth Oxon & VOWH (@tvpsouthandvale) September 25, 2018
Thames Valley Police shared a picture of more than 100 knives handed over at Abingdon station during the campaign.
Other locations included Banbury station, where 30 knives were collected including a sword and scissors, Oxford station and TVP headquarters in Kidlington.
These were knives emptied from the knife Amnesty Bin which was at Banbury Station for Op Sceptre. Over 30 knifes were handed in. These knifes will now be destroyed and off our streets 🔪 #saferstreets pic.twitter.com/1qHJJzsjWG
— TVP Banbury (@TVP_Banbury) September 26, 2018
All knives were surrendered anonymously, with no names taken and no CCTV cameras recording.
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