A total of 123 knives have been seized and 74 people arrested for knife-related offences, during a week of police action to prevent knife crime.
During the Operation Sceptre national week of action, Greater Manchester Police say it "focused on enforcement and ensuring people were aware of the consequences of knife crime". Officers deployed knife arches and conducted warrants, high-visibility patrols, and 223 weapon sweeps, the force says.
The shocking statistics of their findings come after a week of violence across Greater Manchester which saw 17-year-old Kyle Hackland stabbed to death in Withington, a man stabbed in a 'disturbance' in Whitefield the same day (November 22) and a 15-year-old boy seriously hurt after being stabbed in a robbery in Trafford yesterday. (November 27)
