People can surrender the weapons to certain police stations in return for compensation.
Under a surrender scheme, people can give the weapons to the police with no repercussions, and could receive compensation
As part of a nationwide surrender scheme, people can hand in the weapons to police stations without repercussions and could receive compensation if the weapons meet the criteria. Zombie-style knives and machetes are defined as weapons with blades over eight inches in length that normally have a serrated cutting edge.
A loophole meaning the weapons could be kept and sold if they did not have images depicting violence on their handles will be closed when the Offensive Weapons Act comes into effect next month.in a case of mistaken identity near his home in Wolverhampton, has welcomed the ban, having campaigned for the weapons to be banned since his death.
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