POLICE were handed a 'Rambo' knife, machetes and swords as part of an amnesty in Bradford.

The Knife Angel Amnesty was run by West Yorkshire Police in the city between Monday and Friday last week.

It was in conjunction with the month-long display of The Knife Angel statue in Centenary Square during April, with the 27-foot-high sculpture made from more than 100,000 blades seized from police forces across the country.

Those with bladed or offensive weapons were invited to surrender them outside Trafalgar House Police Station, Nelson Street.

A knife bin was installed there so members of the public could dispose of a knife anonymously with no questions asked.

West Yorkshire Police has revealed today that at least 53 weapons were dropped into the bin during the week-long initiative.

This included 26 knives, 14 swords, eight hunting knives, three machetes, an ornamental dagger, and a 'Rambo' knife.

Those who surrendered knives or weapons at Trafalgar House Police Station were not required to give any personal details and will not face prosecution for carrying them to surrender.

But they were required to travel straight to the police station to surrender them.

The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 now makes it illegal to possess offensive weapons in a private place.

A number of offensive weapons have been included in the legislation such as flick knives, knuckle dusters, zombie knives, stealth knives, swordsticks, swords with a curved blade of 50 centimetres or more in length and even blowpipes or blow guns.

Police are looking into using the surrendered weapons to create a sculpture in Bradford.

A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "Thank you to all those that took time to surrender the knives at Trafalgar House.

"Talks are already underway in relation to a potential sculpture for Bradford using the weapons surrendered."