People with dangerous knives can surrender them - and claim £10 in return
As I approach the front door of Bury police station, I look over my shoulder several times. In my left hand is a fearsome-looking machete, which I'm about to surrender to police.
At the front desk, I introduce myself to a female police officer and explain why I'm here. The woman goes to find a colleague, who talks me through the process of handing over the knife and asks whether I want to apply for compensation. It turns out that I'm not the only one to have turned up at the station with a fearsome knife. A knife amnesty bin has been filled while in the last two days alone, an 18-inch machete and an axe have been handed in, the officer explains.
In the UK, it is illegal to carry most knives in public without a 'good reason'. But certain knives, such as a flick knife or a 'zombie knife' - a knife with a cutting edge, a serrated edge, and images or words suggesting it is used for violence - are banned outright.
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