Local police teams in Gedling borough will conduct a week of action to combat knife crime this week as park of Operation Sceptre – a national knife crime initiative
Officers from Gedling’s Operation Reacher have pledged to support the week of action and will target combating knife crime in the borough during the week.
As part of the initiative, officers have been visiting people at home across the borough that have had packages intercepted by UK Border Force, which contain knives, which aren’t standard domestic knives.
A spokesman said: “The reason for the visits is to assess any risk that person poses to the public and to identify and divert risky people away from a criminal lifestyle.
“Please be mindful when you are ordering items online that a company may sell you an item and even post it out to you but if it is unlawful to possess it in the UK. It will be seized and you may end up being out of pocket and in the worst case scenario you may be liable to prosecution.”
Operation Reacher cops also managed to locate and arrest a 53-year-old male that had failed to attend court. This male was due to attend after a stop search by police on the Knife Crime Team where a knife was found.
