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Jonathan Kanengoni

Operation Sceptre: Met Police violent crime crackdown sees 280 knives seized in a week

Chief Inspector Rob Ranstead briefing 80 Special Constables before an Op Sceptre deployment

(Picture: Handout / Metropolitan Police)

A Met Police operation led to more than 790 arrests made and 280 knives seized in one week, figures have shown.

Operation Sceptre, which targeted violent crime through the capital, led to more than 790 arrests, 51 warrants, 1,578 weapon sweeps and 280 knife seizures in the week ending 22 May.

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