 A national police amnesty has netted thousands of knives |
More than 2,000 knives have been handed in to police stations across the east of England in the first week of the national knife amnesty. Essex has seen the highest number of weapons handed in with 600 knives taken in to police stations.
Norfolk Police said 550 bladed weapons had been handed in, while there were 383 handed in to Herts Police.
In Northants 306 knives were handed in. In Cambs the figure was 212, and 175 were handed in to Suffolk Police.
The news comes after Essex Ambulance Service handed out anti-stab vests out to 700 paramedics and Ipswich Borough Council bought 10 anti-vests for its parking attendants.
Earlier this week, as part of the campaign, 90 knives and other weapons were seized by British Transport Police screening visitors to Luton Railway Station on their way to the town's International Carnival.
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