Almost 200 knives, including machetes, Samurai swords and meat cleavers, have been handed to police during a four-week amnesty.
Leicestershire Police launched the Lives Not Knives campaign last month in response to a series of stabbings in the city in September.
Sealed bins were placed in each of the city's six stations and people were able to place weapons in them with no questions asked.
The amnesty closed on Thursday night and the force confirmed yesterday that the final tally of...
