RESIDENTS are being called on to hand over zombie-style knives and machetes ahead of of these dangerous weapons being banned.
The Government has announced from September 24 it will be illegal to own zombie-style knives and machetes as they are added to the list of dangerous prohibited items already banned, including zombie knives, butterfly knives, Samurai swords and push daggers.
Ahead of the new ban coming into force, anyone who has one of these weapons is being urged to hand them over – safely and legally.
The surrender scheme will allow people to hand in knives that fall within the new legislation at police stations, in return for an application for compensation.
The scheme runs for four weeks between 26 August to 23 September, without repercussions for surrendering these potentially dangerous knives safely.
Kcan be surrendered at Coventry Central police station on Little Park Street from 8am to 10pm and Solihull police station on Homer Road between 8am and 10pm.
Individuals can also anonymously dispose of these weapons using safe, surrender bins across the region.
Anyone making a compensation claim can do so at the point of surrendering the weapon at their local police station. Police forces will forward their application on to the Home Office to be processed.
Once the ban is in place anyone caught with a zombie-style knife or a machete faces a jail sentence.
