SIXTY knives were handed into Kidderminster police station as part of a four-week knife surrender campaign.

The campaign - which ended on Monday (October 16) - gave anyone with a knife the opportunity to surrender it anonymously at police stations in West Mercia.

Overall, more than 600 knives were handed in during the four weeks - with around 60 surrendered at Kidderminster police station.

The campaign was part of Operation Sceptre, a national campaign to reduce knife crime and the number of families affected by knife crime.

All the knives surrendered will be delivered to the British Ironwork Centre, in Oswestry, where they will be used to build a plinth for a 20-foot high guardian angel sculpture in memory of those who have lost their life to knife crime.

Chief Inspector Sharon Canning said: "The streets of the Warwickshire and West Mercia policing areas are safer following this campaign.

"Each knife surrendered represents one less chance of another life being ended or ruined by knife crime.

"As well as taking more than 600 knives off the streets this operation has also given us the opportunity to raise awareness of the dangers of knife crime and the risk of carrying a knife.

"Hopefully, in future, people will think twice about carrying a knife."