A Nottinghamshire police officer has seized a 28 inch sword with a man arrested on suspicion of possessing a bladed article.
PC Adam Pace posted an image on Twitter of the green coloured 28 inch blade which he seized yesterday (Tuesday September 27).
He also Tweeted that the ‘suspect had it in a sheath on their back in public.’
This is the bladed article I seized yesterday. 28″ sword. Suspect had it in a sheath on their back in public. #NotOnOurStreets #Police pic.twitter.com/ioMCApBIFu
— PC 3804 Adam Pace (@CopsInTraining) 28 September 2016
This follows figures released in July that found knife crime accounts for nearly one in 20 of all offences committed in Notts.
There were increases in offences where a weapon was used in the 12 months to March 31 compared to the year before – up 27 per cent to 735.
580 offences, roughly four per cent, of all crimes in Nottinghamshire involved knives.
