AS part of a crack down on people carrying knives police in Redditch have been at the town's train station.

Redditch SNT ran a multi-agency operation alongside the British Transport Police and West Midlands Railways Revenue Team at the station as part of the national knife campaign - Operation Sceptre.

One offensive weapon was found and five members of the public were searched.

All this this week police are appealing for people in Redditch to surrender their knives.

The Save a Life, Surrender Your Knife campaign will be running as part of Operation Sceptre and Warwickshire/West Mercia Police have a knife bin at Redditch Police Station.

A police spokesman said: "Many knives are held in innocence or ignorance of their illegality. The surrender gives these people the chance to dispose of the knife anonymously with no questions asked, by simply dropping it into a knife bin at their local station.

"The surrender will run until Monday, September 24.

"During the campaign, those surrendering knives will not have to give any personal details and will not face prosecution for carrying them.

"However, the force will carry out an investigation and seek to prosecute if they believe a knife has been used to commit a criminal offence."

Throughout the campaign, local policing teams will be running events raising awareness of the dangers of knife crime.

They will also maintain a zero-tolerance approach to people carrying knives – they will not show leniency to anyone stopped and found to be in possession of a knife.

The spokesman said they will be arrested as normal and appropriate action will be taken.